Victims of damaging online content may confront the author that published such negative comments and request to take them down – however, such an approach isn’t as straightforward as many would like to think it is.
User-generated content platforms and websites (UGCs) often enable users to post and comment anonymously. This makes identifying the person behind these negative content to be extremely difficult. Moreover, there’s also the possibility that the poster may no longer have access to their account. Other times, websites have policies that don’t allow for removal of content, have a no-removal policy, or may require a court order to carry out the content removal.