Watch What You Say!
Insurance For Bloggers? The Chicago Tribune reports that bloggers need to purchase personal injury protection against charges of libel or slander. The coverage is not very expensive and could save you a fortune. "Blogging has made everybody in the world a potential editor in chief. In the past, you might have had a day or two to cool down or ... to shoot that letter via snail mail to [the newspaper]. There was someone there who would police what you said. All or some of it might make it into the newspaper," Spicer said. "Today, in a matter of a half-hour, you could have set up your blog and gone out and said your piece about any number of issues." The easiest solution is to refrain from libeling or slandering anyone in your blog, but I know that is easier said than done, particularly when you are trying to grow your readership through expressing strong opinions. It's not just bloggers who need this protection: active users of social media sites (or parents ...