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DEFAMATION & FALSE POSTS
FILE US-NCR/2026DEFAMATION REMOVALCLASSIFICATION: CLIENT-CONFIDENTIALREAD TIME — 3 MINUTES

Online reputation — removal

Defamation removal, bounded in writing.

Defamation is a conclusion a court reaches. We do not declare it — and neither does a platform, which will not rule on whether a statement is true. What moves a false post is a rule someone will actually enforce. We find that boundary, put the accepted item in writing at a fixed price, and label search de-listing as the fallback it is.

This page is education, not legal advice. We are a removal agency, not a law firm; for advice on your specific situation, consult an attorney — or start with the written boundary check and we'll tell you honestly what your case needs.

Client-record review

Boundary first, then decide.

Non-intimate reputation matters can start with a private boundary check. Source fit, visibility limits, price, and stop limits are written before work is accepted.

Boundary assessmentWritten boundaryNo guarantees
01

Identify the surface.

Source page, search result, service profile, broker page, or official boundary are treated as separate boundary questions.

02

Name the boundary.

Policy, legal boundary, privacy option, official referral, or visibility work is labeled before work begins.

03

Write the boundary.

Eligible work is defined item by item, with stop limits and search-fallback items separated.

04

Verify the outcome.

Removal, de-listing, suppression, and follow-up checks are reported as different outcomes.

Authorization readiness receipt

A quote should read like a boundary file.

Before AboutUs work, the record should name the item, what surface can act, what basis fits, and what is only visibility work.

Locator or surface namedSET
Basis written before authorizationSET
Visibility limits labeledSET
Refund term tied to written boundarySET
ITEM

What is being pursued.

The file separates source pages, search results, broker profiles, mirrors, and excluded records without publishing the work order.

BASIS

Why this basis applies.

Policy, privacy, state record rule, DMCA, or legal referral is named before work begins.

OUTCOME

What success would mean.

Source change, visibility work, follow-up checks, and stop limits stay separate in the written boundary.

TERMS

What happens if it does not fit.

Items AboutUs cannot responsibly accept are declined, referred, or handled under the acceptance review terms.

Assessment decision packet

What gets decided before money changes hands.

The first useful answer is not a sales pitch. It should separate route boundaries, source status, search exposure, excluded items, and anything that belongs with public authorities or outside help.

ROUTE

Official boundary check

Official tools, platform reports, and safety referrals are named before AboutUs work when they fit the situation.

LIMIT

Fit / limit split

Items are sorted into written boundaries before a service agreement: what can be reviewed, what is excluded, and what needs a safer route.

PROOF

Evidence record

The client record holds the private proof summary so the public page does not become the operating file.

AUTH

No card-first handoff

Eligible AboutUs work gets written intended outcomes and refund terms. Sensitive matters do not start with upload or checkout.

00 — CASE BASIS RECORD
PLATFORM POLICYPRIVATE DATAVISIBILITY WORK

D01

A blog post or article naming you

Public boundary

The publisher decides. A correction or removal request works on the publisher's own standards, not on a finding that the post is false.

Client record

The URL, the date it appeared, and what specifically is claimed — kept in the client record, not on this page.

Boundary

Established news reporting is outside the flat scope and is refused before work begins.

D02

A forum or complaint-board thread

Public boundary

Site policy sets the ceiling, and some boards publish a policy of never removing posts — including at the author's own request.

Client record

Preserve the thread and every mirror privately; which hook applies is sorted during review.

Boundary

Where the board will not act at all, the file is labeled search-fallback or declined.

D03

A review that is really an attack

Public boundary

Platform review policies reach fake, incentivized, conflicted, or off-topic content — not a real customer's bad opinion.

Client record

What makes it policy-violating rather than merely negative goes in the record.

Boundary

A truthful negative review from a real customer is never something we take on.

D04

The page is gone but still in search

Public boundary

When the source page is already dead, the remaining work is refreshing the search index, which is a different and narrower request.

Client record

Confirm the source is actually gone before paying for anything else.

Boundary

Index refresh is not removal and is priced as its own item.

D05

The post also exposes private data

Public boundary

Contact details, identification, or financial data inside a post open a boundary that stands on its own, independent of the dispute.

Client record

Which fields are exposed, and where, stays in the client record.

Boundary

This can succeed on the data while leaving the surrounding text untouched.

D06

An official court record

Public boundary

The publishing authority owns it, and public-record rules set the ceiling.

Client record

Nothing to file with us — this belongs with counsel.

Boundary

Declined before work begins, with a referral rather than an invoice.

If the boundary is still unclear, use client-record review before paying. A useful quote names the URL, the basis, the proof, the intended outcome, fallback status, and the refund term.

Client-record review
WHAT IT IS

A court’s conclusion, not our label.

In the United States, defamation requires a statement of fact that can be checked and shown to be false. Opinion is protected — though calling something an opinion does not make it one, and a verifiable factual claim wrapped inside an opinion can still count. Public figures carry a heavier burden than private individuals. Which side of those lines a post falls on is decided by a court, with a lawyer, and not by us or by the site hosting it.

This also explains something that frustrates almost everyone who tries the obvious route first: platforms are not legally required to take user posts down, and their automated review has no way to judge whether a claim is false. Reporting a post as defamatory usually goes nowhere for exactly that reason. The request has to be aimed somewhere it can land.

HOW IT WORKS

Routed to a hook that can be enforced.

Every platform publishes rules it does enforce: harassment, exposed personal information, impersonation, conflicted or fake reviews, off-topic content, and the acceptable-use terms of whoever hosts the site. A post that reads as defamatory to you often breaks one of those rules on its face. That is the request we build, because it is the one that can be acted on without anyone having to rule on your dispute.

Where no hook exists, we say so before taking the item, rather than selling a process with nowhere to go. Timing varies by platform, host, and whether the post has spread to mirrors or search. Aggregate outcomes across eligible cases; individual results vary per your written service agreement.

SCOPE

A removal agency, not a law firm.

The line matters more here than on any other kind of removal, so it is written out rather than implied. Legal work belongs with a lawyer; if your matter needs one, we will tell you instead of selling around it.

What we do

  • Find the enforceable rule a platform already applies — harassment, privacy, impersonation, conflicted reviews, off-topic, or the host's own acceptable-use terms
  • Package the evidence: URLs, timestamps, archive captures, and mirrors, organized in your client record so your own attorney can use it as-is
  • Contact the author, webmaster, hosting provider, or registrar on your authority, as a correction or removal request
  • File the removal grounds Google publishes for personal data and exploitative pay-to-remove sites, and refresh the index where the source page is already gone
  • Submit a court order you have already obtained to the platforms and search engines that need it
  • Watch for reposts and mirrors after an item is resolved

What we do not

  • Decide whether something is legally defamatory — that is a court's conclusion, not ours
  • Advise on whether you have a claim, the deadline to bring it, or what it might be worth
  • Send a cease-and-desist or a demand letter
  • File a lawsuit, subpoena an anonymous author's identity, or obtain a court order
  • Take on established news reporting or official court records under a flat price
  • Promise that any specific item will come down, or advertise a removal percentage
REMOVAL VS DE-LISTING

Source removal — or search fallback.

The strongest outcome is removal at the source: the post itself comes down from the site that published it. Where a site will not act, search de-listing stops the page from surfacing in results for your name — while the page itself still exists and is still reachable by direct link. That is a real difference, so we never let one be sold as the other. Which of the two your case realistically supports is stated before you pay.

PRICING

One post, one written price.

One post, forum thread, or article is $2,750. Every order gets a 48-hour acceptance review first — if it is outside the boundary or something we cannot accept, you are refunded before any work begins. Reviewed items carry a written outcome and refund term, so what counts as done is agreed before the work rather than argued after it. Aggregate outcomes across eligible cases; individual results vary per your written service agreement.

Established news reporting and official court records sit outside this flat price and are declined at review, with a referral rather than an invoice.

Common questions

Straight answers.

Can you remove a defamatory post about me?
We pursue the post, but not on the grounds most people expect. Defamation is a conclusion a court reaches, and platforms do not adjudicate whether a statement is true — automated review cannot. So the request is routed to a rule the platform will actually enforce: harassment, exposed personal data, impersonation, conflicted or fake reviews, an off-topic rule, or the host's acceptable-use terms. Where the source will not act, search de-listing is offered as a labeled fallback, never as a substitute for removal.
How much does it cost to remove a defamatory post?
One post, thread, or article is $2,750 on our rate card. Every order gets a 48-hour acceptance review first — if it is outside the boundary or something we cannot accept, you are refunded before any work begins. Reviewed items carry written outcome and refund terms. Aggregate outcomes across eligible cases; individual results vary per your written service agreement.
Are you lawyers? Can you sue the person who wrote it?
No. We are a removal agency, not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice. We do not send cease-and-desist or demand letters, file suit, subpoena an anonymous author's identity, or obtain court orders. What we do is remove or de-list the content and organize the evidence so that your own attorney can act on it if you choose to go that route. If your matter needs a lawyer, we will say so.
The site says it never removes posts. Is there anything left to do?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no, and we tell you which before you pay. Some boards publish a policy of never removing content, even when the original author asks. Where that holds, the honest remaining options are narrow: a boundary that stands on its own, such as personal data inside the post, or search visibility work labeled as fallback. If neither realistically applies, we decline the item rather than sell you a process.
Is de-listing from Google the same as removing the post?
No, and we keep the two labeled separately for that reason. Source removal means the page itself is taken down by whoever controls it. De-listing means the page still exists and is still reachable by direct link, but stops appearing in search for the terms it was de-listed against. De-listing is fallback work, priced as its own item.
What if the post is a bad review from a real customer?
We do not take that on. Platform review policies reach fake, incentivized, conflicted, or off-topic content — not a genuine customer's negative opinion, however unfair it feels. Suppressing truthful reviews is both against those policies and against the Federal Trade Commission's rule on consumer reviews, so it is outside what we sell at any price.

Written boundary

Name the hook before the invoice.

A false post moves when the request is aimed at a rule someone will enforce. Which rule that is, whether the realistic outcome is source removal or search fallback, and what happens if neither applies belong in writing before work begins.

Client-record review · Written boundary · No blanket guarantees

BOUNDARY

Itemized boundary

URLs, search results, platforms, and search-fallback items are separated before any paid decision.

TERMS

Written outcome

AboutUs work names the intended outcome and refund term. De-listing, suppression, and follow-up are not called source removal.

TRUST

Authorization gate

If the boundary is fuzzy, pause before authorization. The trust page explains the checks that should exist first.

Open authorization gate