What to do against character assassination? Delete entries on the Internet that are damaging to your reputation Gossip, inappropriate language and defamation are the dark sides of the Internet. If your ex-girlfriend complains mercilessly online that someone who once had such a great work colleague on their homepage suddenly no longer leaves you with good hair, the boss on Facebook calls you a “fool”. Customers rate the company’s products as unusable in the consumer community, your own restaurant’s food goes terrible on review portals, or forces a law firm’s services to get dragged into the quagmire – good advice like this is usually expensive.