In the recent Supreme Court of NSW case Voller (Voller v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Voller v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Voller v Australian News Channel Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 766), the court held that operators of public Facebook pages are deemed to be ‘publishers’, and thus may potentially be liable for defamatory comments made by third-party users.
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Facebook Operators Potentially Liable for Defamatory Third-Party Comments
In the recent Supreme Court of NSW case Voller (Voller v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Voller v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Voller v Australian News Channel Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 766), the court held that operators of public Facebook pages are deemed to be ‘publishers’, and thus may potentially be liable for defamatory comments made by third-party users.