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Re:Canada's top court backs order for Google to remove firm'... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @07:03PM (#14659343)
> Libel and slander laws can only be applied if you know the identity of the person who did it, and have enough money to hire an attorney to go after the person.

The latter part is true, the former part is less so; you can use John/Jane Doe lawsuits and then subpoena third parties to discover the specific identities.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doe_subpoena

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Re:Canada's top court backs order for Google to remove firm'... by labster on Thursday June 29, 2017 @04:24AM (#14661620)
The problem is there's pretty good evidence that the person is in another country, based on activity time, etc. The problem isn't that I can't file, the problem is that there's no guarantee I can find someone actionable on the the other side of the filing.
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