Remove an article for defamation

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  truthti · Member · Feb 23, 2016 at 9:47 pm

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  Hello,
  what can I do if I want someone to remove an article which is defaming someone? The owner of the blog is not responding (the e-mail I sent just bounced).

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2016 at 5:04 am

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  Hi there,

  Complaints like this one are not dealt with here on the public support forums. Only Terms of Service Staff have authority in such cases and their authority applies to blogs hosted by WordPress.COKM, not to any others.

  Abuse – Freedom of Speech:
  http://en.wordpress.com/freedom-of-speech/
  http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/
  http://en.wordpress.com/complaints/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/

  Our role is to direct those who post to the relevant support docs like http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/ and request that Support Staff close the thread, as only Terms of Service Staff have authority in these cases.