All this talk about harassers, bullies and trolls

has gotten me thinking…. What does one do if one is prevented from taking legal action against these aggressive shills (due to living in a different country, or lack of funds to file a lawsuit, etc) and such defamatory comments online begin to cause harm to one’s reputation. Is there a way to have Google or other tech companies step in? I’ve heard that Google does nothing in such cases! Maybe there is a person who could help us PP’s who get targeted to remove this type of content from Google search results? Thoughts??