Jothy's Fish Head Curry, a popular Indian cuisine restaurant in Kota Kinabalu that was recommended by Lonely Planet, a well known travel guide filed a RM 6mil civil suit at the Kota Kinabalu High Court on Monday, naming blogger Poh Huai Bin as first defendant and Google Inc as second defendant.
The restaurant is suing Poh, a blogger originally from Sibu in Sarawak who now resides in Kuala Lumpur for negative and defaming statements on the Internet about Jothy's Fish Head Curry restaurant in May last year.
Jothy's is also seeking an order from the court to remove the offending articles from Google and other popular search engines used on the Internet.
From this article, I've learnt that despite having the freedom of speech, people need to be careful to not abuse this freedom and offend other individuals or parties. With the Internet being accessible by everyone, what we post online is visible to the public, and sometimes, different people may misunderstand or be offended by what we say.
So in short, this article is a reminder for us to always think before we post things online, whether it be posts about our parents, friends or even teachers. On another note, who are we to judge others in the first place.
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