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Australian court rules media liable for Facebook comments

Dylan Voller joins protesters gathering for a march organized by Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR) to mark Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day in Sydney, on Aug. 4, 2017. Australia's highest court on Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2021, made a landmark ruling that media outlets are "publishers" of allegedly defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages and the decision opens the media organizations to be sued for defamation by former juvenile detainee Voller. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP) Dylan Voller speaks to the media during a press conference in Canberra on May 24, 2018. Australia's highest court on Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2021, made a landmark ruling that media outlets are "publishers" of allegedly defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages and the decision opens the media organizations to be sued for defamation by former juvenile detainee Voller. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)