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Last Updated on Friday, 28 March 2008 02:02 Written by rslcpol Friday, 28 March 2008 11:03
TRENTON — The college gossip Web site JuicyCampus has denied any wrongdoing and criticized a consumer fraud investigation by the New Jersey attorney general.”JuicyCampus has not violated any laws,” reads an unsigned statement posted on the Web site.
It accuses the attorney general of interfering with users’ free speech.
“JuicyCampus is immune under federal law for liability arising from statements made by others,” the statement claims.
JuicyCampus publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about college students, with language ranging from catty to hateful and offensive.
Last week, New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram subpoenaed the company as part of a fraud investigation. JuicyCampus may be violating the state’s Consumer Fraud Act, she said, by suggesting that it doesn’t allow offensive material but not enforcing that policy.