Little Fish Is an Internet Services Provider (ISP)

question 16

Multiple Choice

Little Fish is an Internet Services Provider (ISP) .Fran has created a website on Little Fish which offers a very popular chat room on stocks and shares.A regular visitor to her chat room posted a very defamatory message about the director of a new company that has just issued a prospectus.Fran saw the message but left it on because she believes in free speech.The ISP negotiated for three weeks with Fran before she removed the message.The director wants to sue both Fran and Little Fish for defamation.Which of the following statement best sums up their legal position?

• A)Neither of them can be sued.The director can only take action against the person who posted the message.
• B)Little Fish could be sued but Fran is protected by her constitutional right to free speech.
• C)Fran could be sued but Little Fish is protected by its constitutional right to free speech.
• D)Both Fran and Little Fish could be sued for defamation.

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Definitions:

π Network

The conjugated system of pi bonds found in molecules where alternating single and double bonds allow for delocalization of electrons across the structure.

Aromatic Structures

Compounds containing one or more benzene rings, characterized by a stable ring of atoms with delocalized electrons.

NonAromatic

Molecules or compounds that do not contain a ring of continuously overlapping p orbitals, thus lacking the stability associated with aromatic systems.

π Network

An extended system of π bonds in a molecule, which can involve multiple atoms contributing p orbitals for delocalized electron sharing.