Singapore: Vulgar postings lead to threat of lawsuit

A computer shop in Singapore has threatened to sue about 60 people, most of whom are teen-agers, for posting defamatory statements against it on a local IT portal. The people involved had posted negative comments on the forum pages of hardwarezone.com, complaining about the shop's unsatisfactory service and flawed products. Some reportedly posted profanities targeted at the shop's employees. The writers' e-mail addresses were released by hardwarezone.com, which claimed that they abided by the law by disclosing the writers' e-mail addresses to the shop. Full story. -- Ariel Tam, ZDNetAsia