Man fined for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation in Singapore

Re:Man fined for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation... by dvlsg on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:46AM (#26808696)

Certainly an interesting (for lack of a better word) slippery slope.

Could upvoting this hackernews article count as defamation? It's not the same as sharing it, but it would still make the original article more visible to more people.

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Re:Man fined for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation... by kelnos on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @02:06PM (#26810788)

Good question. And going back to the original example, would liking a Facebook post with the information also count, as that would signal to FB's algorithms that it should be promoted more?

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Re:Man fined for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation... by jccooper on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @07:54PM (#26814614)

I presume even reading a Facebook post (or clicking on a Google search results link) provides a signal about popularity. Probably a little too far down the slippery slope for the law, though.

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