Websites should have protection from defamation cases if they act quickly to remove anonymous postings which prompt a complaint, a report says. A joint parliamentary committee says it wants a "cultural shift" so that posts under pseudonyms are not considered "true, reliable or trustworthy". It says websites which identify authors and publish complaints alongside comments should get legal protection. But Mumsnet said the proposal could have a "chilling effect" on websites. The report by the joint committee of MPs and peers who examined the draft defamation bill covers a wide range of defamation issues. Its recommendations - including more protection for scientists and academics writing in peer-reviewed journals and more work on reducing "unacceptably" high costs of libel cases by encouraging more to be resolved through mediation - have been welcomed by the Libel Reform Campaign. Read more here:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15364774
