The commentator launched a personal attack on an employee who happened to work in the company mentioned in El Balshy's post. A few years later the employee resorted to the Cyber Crime Combating Division and they summoned El Balshy, who refused to be held accountable for the comments left on his blog saying that he did not moderate comments and that he will delete them because the attack is personal and unfounded.
ونفى رئيس تحرير البديل مسئوليته عن محتوى التعليقات مؤكداً أنه لم يكن يفرض رقابة مسبقة على التعليقات في مدونته ولم يقرأ التعليقات محل الشكوى من قبل، وقام بحذفها بعد علمه؛ لأنه يرفض نشر اتهامات مرسلة دون دليل.