A Google logo and Australian flag are displayed in this illustration. Picture: REUTERS/DADO RUVICSydney — An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former legislator A$715,000, saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber's “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory” videos drove him out of politics.
Australia is reviewing what legal exposure platforms should have for defamatory posts. A landmark case in 2021, in which a newspaper was found liable for defamatory reader comments below an article posted on Facebook, drove global firms to reduce their social media presence in the country. By continuing to publish the content, Rares said Google breached its own policies aimed at protecting public figures from being unfairly targeted, and “drove Mr Barilaro prematurely from his chosen service in public life and traumatised him significantly”.
But Shanks “needed YouTube to disseminate his poison [and] Google was willing to join Mr Shanks in doing so to earn revenue as part of its business model”, the judge said.
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