Australian court rules media liable for Facebook comments

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Australia’s highest court makes landmark ruling that media outlets are “publishers” of allegedly defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages.

The High Court dismissed an argument by some of Australia’s largest media organizations — Fairfax Media Publications, Nationwide News and Australian News Channel — that for people to be publishers, they must be aware of the defamatory content and intend to convey it.

Voller wants to sue the television broadcaster and newspaper publishers over comments on the Facebook pages of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Centralian Advocate, Sky News Australia and The Bolt Report. The ruling was “significant for anyone who maintains a public social media page by finding they can be liable for comments posted by others on that page even when they are unaware of those comments,” News Corp Australia executive chairman Michael Miller said in a statement.

“We are obviously disappointed with the outcome of that decision, as it will have ramifications for what we can post on social media in the future,” a Nine statement said.

 

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This is what we should do. There must be accountability for everyone.

I suppose this is why you read about comments being turned off on You Tube.

Now USA do the same!!!

대학의 성추문--전래의교수 예가 많으며 구속과 죽음 검찰과 군인 목사 신부 정치인 스님등의 예 전분야에 훑는듯- 나무가 있는 섬-- 무인도 비유인듯-에걸리는듯 최근에 따라지대학(서울대) 홍익대도 시끌 시끌 왜 그럴까요?--책상물림들의 판단 으로 어러운듯--둔한머리의 판단력

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