High Court rules media outlets are responsible for comments on their Facebook pages
9 September 2021 · News
The High Court has passed a ruling about news outlets being legally responsible for the comments left on their Facebook page.
The decision comes after a youth detainee in the Northern Territory sue...
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Tags: CBAA | Jon Bisset | Peter Saxon Comment
Facebook is a publisher rather than just the printing press, so to speak. They may not create the content they publish themselves but they collate content from third party contributors and publish it in an online format that resembles something like a printed newspaper or magazine. They should be liable for the content they allow to be published on their platform.