Media liability for defamatory third party comments online

Nine To Noon

English - September 28, 2021 22:50 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Defamation law expert Ursula Cheer looks at an Australian High Court ruling that found media are liable for comments people post on their social media pages and contrasts it with a similar Court of Appeal case here. Ursula Cheer is a professor of Law at the University of Canterbury.