Australian Attorney General Wants To Make The Country's Defamation Law Even Worse

<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191125/08355643452/australian-attorney-general-wants-to-make-countrys-defamation-law-even-worse.shtml>

Punchline:

"The AG’s defamation law “fix” appears to be a response to a NSW Supreme
Court decision handed down earlier this year – one that held Australian
press outlets legally responsible for defamatory comments made by
readers on the outlets’ Facebook pages. But rather than improve the law
to protect press outlets, AG Porter just wants to make it worse for
social media companies.

How this is supposed to fix anything is anyone’s guess. Maybe the
Attorney General feels the country’s court system just isn’t seeing
enough bogus litigation. Whatever the case, this reform effort by the
Australian government appears poised to make things worse for
Australians and everyone who provides a platform for them."

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics