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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...ditors-criticizing-his-therapy-services.shtml

While there may be some actionable statements in the Reddit-Berger dogpile, a majority of the comments are critical opinions. The problem is the suit targets everything Berger doesn't like, rather than just the edge cases where defamation may have occurred. Given his past attempts to silence critical Redditors, this looks like an escalation meant to deter future negative comments, rather than seek retribution for the few times he may have been legally wronged. The problem with this tactic is it so very rarely works. If Berger doesn't like the current state of Reddit, he's going to find it much more unbearable once the backlash begins. Reputation management begins at home -- or rather, at the office. Unless all of these Redditors are lying, Berger's psychiatric offerings seem to have been consistently subpar. Seems like the smarter move would have been providing better service rather than seeking to silence unhappy patients after the fact.

Dr. Douglas Berger is a psychiatrist currently working in Japan, despite not being licensed to practice by that nation. He is licensed in America and works with the Meguro Counseling Center in the American state of Florida, which is also included as a plaintiff in this lolsuit.

Reddit, Inc is the corporation that owns the website reddit.com, which is a social media/news & link aggregate forum.

Dr Berger alleges that several John Doe/Anonymous posters used reddit.com posts to defame him because the accounts in question posted highly negative opinions of him. He wants to force reddit to hand over the identifying information (including full legal names, email addresses, birthdays, and location) of these users so he can include them in the case.

The redditors have raised defense funds from a GoFundMe campaign and hired Attorney Marc Randazza to represent their side of the case.

Attached is the PDF file for the entire suit, provided by techraptor.
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