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News Outlets Are Liable for Others Facebook Comments, Australian Court Rules

Newspapers and television stations that put up their own articles on Fb are answerable for other Fb shoppers’ defamatory comments at the ones posts, an Australian court docket docket ruled.
Newspapers and television stations that post their own articles on Facebook are responsible for other Facebook users’ defamatory comments on those posts, an Australian court ruled.

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