In a overrefinement and intercontinental case of ‘ unhinged online , ’ an American psychiatrist practicing in Tokyohas filed a defamation suitagainst Redditors who derogated his services . In a suit filed in Florida , Dr. Douglas Berger isseeking damages in surplusage of $ 15,000 , alleging libel and defamation after anonymous commenters ring him a “ scam artist ” and “ fucking maniac . ” Reddit is make as a suspect in the suit . AGoFundMe pagehas been make to help the Redditors , unnamed in Dr. Berger ’s ill , to pay for legal fee .
comment disparaging Dr. Berger ’s table service on Redditdate back to 2014.As have his retorts .
Since then , Dr. Berger has developed a degree of notoriety among commenters in the R / Japan and R / JapanLife threads . His own courtship chart this unpopularity , as it let in the multiple threads created in the retiring few years to warn citizenry from theMeguro Counseling Centerwhere he is the manager .
From the Reddit threadrecapping the suit :
“ PSA : Stay away from ‘ head-shrinker ’ Doug Berger ” , “ Avoid Dr. Douglas Berger for therapy ” , “ nullify Dr. Douglas Berger for therapy ( ten - Emily Price Post /r / japan ) “ , “ counsel in Tokyo – Questions and Recommendation Needed ” , “ in force head-shrinker in Tokyo ? ” , “ XPOST with /r / Japan – our annual PSA : outride away from ‘ psychiatrist ’ Doug Berger “ , and “ AVOID Douglas Berger . ”
In addition to damages exceeding $ 15,000 , Dr. Berger wants Reddit to remove the disparaging threads and make certain they ’re no longer indexed on hunt engine like Google and Bing . Searching phrases like “ Roland Berger Japan ” in Google surfaces threads warning people to stay aside , which the suit argues costs both him and Meguro thousands in business .
To identify the commenters , Dr. Berger is asking Reddit for personal entropy on the commenters , including their names , electronic mail , IP addresses , date of birth , and even their cypher code . Without knowing who to charge causa against , the suit is improbable to continue . We ’ve reached out to Reddit for comment on its next move and will update you if we try back .
[ Techdirt ]
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , science , and culture intelligence in your inbox daily .
news show from the future , fork over to your nowadays .
You May Also Like
