Facebook Users Liable for All Comments Under Their Posts According to Australia High Court

Photo caption: A general view of the Fairfax Media offices, one of the companies being sued, in Melbourne, Australia. Photo credit: Scott Barbour / Getty Images. Article by Matt Novak. Gizmodo – September 8, 2021.

Australia’s High Court, roughly the equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court, has ruled that Facebook users are responsible for the content of complete strangers who post defamatory comments on their posts. The ruling upholds a June 2019 ruling by the Supreme Court of New South Wales, home to Australia’s largest city of Sydney. And it runs counter to how virtually everyone thinks about liability on the internet. […]

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