Tag: defamation law
Murdoch v Crikey highlights how Australia’s defamation laws protect the rich and powerful
Image: Lachlan Murdoch, far left, with his father Rupert and brother James in 2014. Dan Steinberg/AP/AAP
There is no better example of how Australia’s defamation laws...
The government’s planned ‘anti-troll’ laws won’t help most victims of online trolling
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Last Monday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Attorney-General Michaelia Cash announced proposed new legislation aimed at making online “trolls” accountable for their actions.
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High Court rules media are liable for Facebook comments on their stories. Here’s what that means for your favourite Facebook pages
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A publisher can be held responsible for defamatory comments readers leave on its Facebook pages, the High Court ruled yesterday, in a decision...
Can you be liable for defamation for what other people write on your Facebook page? Australian court says: maybe
In some ways, this case just adapts the old authorities on
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When you go online and write something nasty...