Australian court says media companies are liable for comments on their Facebook pages
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Media companies in Australia are liable for the comments that Facebook users post under their articles, the country's highest court ruled this week. The decision could have widespread consequences for how Australian publishers interact with their readers on social media.
The High Court of Australia on Wednesday dismissed an argument brought by three major news organizations, which contended that they could not be held responsible for comments that people posted on their Facebook (FB) news pages. The news outlets had appealed a lower court ruling. "The appellants' attempt to portray themselves as passive and unwitting victims of Facebook's functionality has an air of unreality," the court wrote. "Having taken action to secure the commercial benefit of the Facebook functionality, the appellants bear the legal consequences."A provocative new work from the artist behind that duct-taped banana tackles gun violence in America
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