Such users should be prohibited from opening a scam accusation threads because in most cases these are false allegations.
That would contradict of free speech in this forum. Newbie only prohibited to create a post on serious discussion and Ivory tower. Also forum aren't moderate a scam, this should be investigate from cases to cases. If he's trolling or create false allegations thats why flags and trust feedback created.
There's more to it than that.
Let's say someone wants to ruin the reputation of a legitimate company. He can open a fake scam accusations without any evidence and that content will be passed on to search engines as well. This is called defamation and is regulated by law in many countries and has nothing to do with freedom of speech.
The United States, where this forum is located, has a safe harbour law that protects Internet forums from liability for defamatory content that is posted by third-party forum users: The famous Section 230. The law provides that the forum is not the legal “publisher” of the content. Only the “publisher” is liable, i.e. the user who posted the content. The forum is a service provider, not a publisher.
What I have just said is my own understanding of the subject; here is forum administration’s stated policy:
Boldface and italic are in the original; highlighting is mine:
Quote from: https://bitcointalk.org/contact.php
Bitcointalk.org aims to enable as much freedom for its users as is legally possible. We will not remove content just because it annoys you. In particular, under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, bitcointalk.org cannot be held responsible for defamation by users, even if notified that possible defamation exists.
If you send us legally-nonsensical demands, we may publish them to make it clear to the world that you are illegitimately and possibly-illegally attempting to stifle discussion.
If you send us legally-nonsensical demands, we may publish them to make it clear to the world that you are illegitimately and possibly-illegally attempting to stifle discussion.
For my part, I would be wary of attempts to police content that may arguably turn the forum into a “publisher” who is liable for the content.
The above discussion is off-topic on this scam accusation thread. I respectfully request that this thread stay narrowly on the topic of the scammer whom I have accused, #992662 “bingohouhou”. If you wish to discuss forum policy, please take it up in Meta. Thank you.
