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>It seems that the commentator doesn't have to consent to their contact information being released in order to keep their comment up.

So would my presumption clause work for keeping a comment up? I couldn't find anything on that approach.

>IANAL, but to be devil's advocate, it is slightly irresponsible to allow potentially malicious posters to post things on your website with no supervision, even if you are on holiday.

They do seem to take "ability to moderate" into consideration from a few case examples.

I honestly don't have a legal defense for this - I just see it as unreasonable. Which wouldn't hold up very well in court. :)



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