By Shawn Lim

Australia has ruled that media organisations that post their own articles on social media are liable for users’ defamatory comments in the comments section of those posts.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the ruling by the highest court in the Australian state of New South Wales, media organisations encourage and facilitate comments that can be seen by other Facebook users.

That means these organisations should be considered publishers of the comments and held responsible for their content.

The ruling came from a lawsuit filed by Dylan Voller against media organisations like News Corp Australia.

Voller, who was detained in a juvenile Read full story ›

Source: The Drum