By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw
Social media offers countless benefits to organisations, but an emerging legal risk is prompting many communication professionals to reassess their exposure.
Several superior court cases in Australia and internationally have decided that hosts of Facebook pages must bear responsibility for defamatory comments posted to their sites by other people.
The latest – involving Australian indigenous activist and former juvenile detainee Dylan Voller – has left major news organisations potentially liable in his defamation action over comments posted in response to articles about him on their corporate Facebook sites.
For the full article on this topic, please go to the Griffith University Thought Leadership series of articles.
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Disclaimer: While I write about media law and ethics, nothing here should be construed as legal advice. I am an academic, not a lawyer. My only advice is that you consult a lawyer before taking any legal risks.
© Mark Pearson 2021 – the moral right of the author has been asserted.
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