Editing Hiroyuki Nishimura (section)

=== As defendant ===
{{See also|2channel#Slander and legal issues}}

Nishimura has lost a number of [[libel]] lawsuits which have led to him being assessed a considerable amount in penalties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shibui |first=Tetsuya |date=26 August 2008 |title=2channel founder says don't blame him for criminals' posts |url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/2channel-founder-says-dont-blame-him-for-criminals-posts |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=[[Shūkan Gendai]] |language=en |via=[[Japan Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=20 January 2006 |title=２ちゃんねる管理人に賠償命令 掲示板での中傷放置 |language=ja |trans-title=2channel admin ordered to pay compensation; textboard neglected duty to delete libel |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |url=http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0120/TKY200601200325.html |url-status=dead |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203022822/http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0120/TKY200601200325.html |archive-date=3 February 2006 |quote=判決によると、同掲示板に０４年３～１２月、有道さんが人種差別主義者であるかのような中傷などが１２件掲載されたが、管理人は有道さんの削除要請に応じなかった。 [In total, twelve slanderous messages were posted calling Arudou a white supremacist between March and December 2004. The admin ignored his request they be deleted.]}}</ref> In 2008, he told ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' he has no intention of paying, saying, "If the verdict mandates deleting things, I'll do it," but, "I just haven't complied with demands to pay money. Would a cell phone carrier feel responsible when somebody receives a threatening phone call?"<ref name="2chrevenue" />