Case Study: False Allegations on Social Media
Case Study: False Allegations on Social Media
If a person makes false allegations on social websites, the information can spread very quickly not only just to your friends and family potentially causing a lot of upset. There have even been cases of people taking their own lives when false accusations have surfaced. The worse thing is they are so hard to disprove, well that was until the Polygraph came along. At Lie Detectors UK we love a ‘false allegation’ case, we love to be able to help our clients to set the record straight.
Our client first became conscious of a fictitious allegation when her brother drew her attention to a photograph over a weekend. The photo had the look of a display printing. In the best was our client and in the base was a message saying that she rescued animals to market them to puppy fight organisers.
Since our customer has been a veterinary surgeon, functioning in a high profile clinic, she had been horrified. As opposed to wait for her coworkers and also the senior partner to find out, she immediately tell them about it on the following Monday.
The senior partner was worried about the effect this could have on the tradition. He absolutely believed that this is an untrue allegation. But he believed the best approach to counter possible backlash was to our client to have a lie detector test. It was not only our client’s reputation that may be tarnished but also the the practice.
We obtained details from our customer and discovered that the picture was shared on several social media platforms, the majority of which she didn’t utilize or have accounts . The motivation might have been any number of things. Maybe a pet owner hadn’t been happy with treatment at the practice, or maybe somebody was envious of her achievement. Equally it might have been somebody who has nothing better to do than Photoshop a haphazard image to cause difficulty.
Damage limitation
We assured out client that we could help and administered the lie detector test in the day in the clinic, when it was closed. She passed the test with flying colours. Our examiner ascertained that she had never sold puppies to anybody, she didn’t understand any dog struggle organisers and had no link with dog fighting at all.
Our examiner subsequently prepared a report for her so that she can prove her innocence. This report is now available from the veterinary clinic for anybody who cares to visit it.
Social networking could have a place in our society but a lie is now able to travel around the world in minutes. If something is posted/published online it is extremely difficult to get rid of it. A classic example was Lord McAlpine’s name was falsely linked to child abuse on Twitter. His attorneys found around 10,000 tweets and retweets which were sparked by a BBC Newsnight report in which the allegation began. Heads rolled over this using all the BBC Director General, George Entwistle, losing his position and thousands and thousands of pounds being paid in damages. Twitter accounts which had tweeted the lie and people who’d retweeted it were advised to delete them pay a small contribution to charity or be prosecuted for libel.
Assist with false allegations whether on social media or not
In case you have experienced anxiety through false allegations on social websites we can help alleviate your stress. It is simple to restore your reputation using a lie detector exam . Call us on 0207 859 4960 for a free consultation with one of our highly competent polygraph examiners. You can depend on our discretion and confidentiality.
