- Lashon hara is forbidden not only when one’s intention is to condemn another or out of one’s hatred for another, but even when said in jest.
- One who speaks lashon hara by only implying to someone, without mentioning a name, if the listener can identify who he’s referring to, it is forbidden.
Even when the story is not derogatory in and of itself, but it was a cause of one’s shame or disgrace, if that is the speaker’s intention, it is forbidden.