I know of a company called Reputation Defender that claims to remove
unflattering content from the Internet.  But I have no experience with
it and don't know anything other than hearing ads for it on NPR.

On 9/20/16, Lisa McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question that I am asking on behalf of a friend of mine.  I have
> never really posted anything on the internet so I am uninformed about this
> topic.
>
> Am I correct to say that once a person posts something on a website on the
> internet that it is a free for all?  I mean once it is on there can anyone
> who wants to grab it up and repost it anywhere they want?  If so, is there
> anything that can be done about it at all?
>
> A friend of mine did post something on a website where she wanted it, but it
> has been reposted by others on websites with which she does not want to be
> associated for different reasons.  One reason is that she posted this item
> for a positive reason to help people on a certain website and then others
> took it and reposted it on other kinds of websites for malicious reasons.
>
> She is upset, but I don’t know that anything can be done.  I know that
> police or FBi have authority to take things down from the internet, but that
> is all that I know.  If anyone knows of anything that could help me I would
> really appreciate it.  Thanks very much.
>
> Lisa
>
>
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