It is now the responsibility of Australian media outlets to moderate the comments sections of their Facebook pages. How did we get here?
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Yesterday, the Australian High Court ruled comment sections on the Facebook pages of media outlets are 'owned' by the publishers of the article, even if they aren't written by the media outlet. Importantly, that means the outlet is responsible for any defamatory comments. Let’s get into why this is a big deal, and how it happened.
It is now the responsibility of Australian media outlets to moderate the comments sections of their Facebook pages. How did we get here?
It is now the responsibility of Australian…
It is now the responsibility of Australian media outlets to moderate the comments sections of their Facebook pages. How did we get here?
Yesterday, the Australian High Court ruled comment sections on the Facebook pages of media outlets are 'owned' by the publishers of the article, even if they aren't written by the media outlet. Importantly, that means the outlet is responsible for any defamatory comments. Let’s get into why this is a big deal, and how it happened.