Australia media can be sued for social media comments, court rules

Re:Australia media can be sued for social media comments, co... by talaketu on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:58PM (#28465717)

Note that Facebook was a not a respondent in the original defamation case. In any case, multiple parties can be responsible for publication. From point 55 of the judgement:

> The Court of Appeal was correct to hold that the acts of the appellants in facilitating, encouraging and thereby assisting the posting of comments by the third-party Facebook users rendered them publishers of those comments.

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Re:Australia media can be sued for social media comments, co... by jay_kyburz on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:28PM (#28465869)

That's because Facebook is not here in Australia, much deeper pockets, and we already have bullshit laws that consider Google and Facebook carriers (like a telephone company) not publishers.

But lets be clear, telephone and electricity companies don't moderate your content, or use algorithms that makes some content easier to find than others.

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Re:Australia media can be sued for social media comments, co... by talaketu on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:27AM (#28466574)

What's bullshit is your suggestion that Facebook is not subject to Australian law!

For example see News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code - it requires platforms such as FB to enter into commercial arrangements with news media (https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislat...)

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Re:Australia media can be sued for social media comments, co... by jay_kyburz on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:42AM (#28466659)

Ahh no sorry, I was suggesting that it would have been more expensive and more difficult for somebody to win a defamation suit against a US company.

Don't get me started about the mandatory bargaining code. I think the ISP should have held their ground and pulled out of Australia.

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