The ability to reply, he claims, is much more gratifying, immediate and potent than launching a libel action. Accessability Accessability is another feature of the Internet which distinguishes it from traditional print or broadcast media. The relatively low cost of connecting to the Internet and even of establishing one's own website means that the opportunity for defamation has increased exponentially. Now, on the Internet everyone can be a publisher and can be sued as a publisher. Another key feature of the Internet is that users do not have to reveal their true identity in order to send e-mail or post messages on bulletin boards.
Users are able to communicate and make such postings anonymously or under assumed names.
This feature, coupled with the ability to access the Internet in the privacy and seclusion of one's own home or office and the interactive, responsive nature of communications on the Internet, has resulted in users being far less inhibited about the contents of their messages. Important elements of the Internet applicable to cyber libel. Elements of libel action and defences. Liability for Libel on the Internet. V. Crystal Ball Gazing.