That you are responsible for your own content may be clear. But for the content of visitors this is different. As long as you only function as a platform and do not actively steer the tenor of reactions, you are not legally responsible as a website for the posted reactions.
Case Garagetest.nl
A relevant case of Garagetest.nl, about reactions of visitors, is very close to that of Webshopblog.nl. In reactions of visitors to the test of a certain garage, words such as "swindlers", "deceivers", "bunglers", "worthless company" and "liars" appeared. In the ruling of the judge it was ruled that the garage that started the process could not sufficiently substantiate that the posted comments would be unlawful.
Case Internetoplichting.nl
In some cases, the website is liable for the reactions posted by visitors. In 2009, Trendylaarzen.nl egypt phone number list was prosecuted against the – now offline – forum Internetoplichting.nl. On Internetoplichting.nl, moderators actively sought to obtain reactions that expressed fraud, partly because formats were made available that visitors could use to report their 'fraud'. The judge concluded that this was the eliciting of a certain type of reaction, and therefore held Internetoplichting.nl liable for the reactions posted by visitors. For the sake of completeness: in a later ruling, the forum was no longer convicted, because according to the judge, in this case there was an 'appearance of fraud' that justified the steering of reactions.