Can you be liable for defamation for what other people write on your Facebook page? Australian court says: maybe
- Written by Michael Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia
In some ways, this case just adapts the old authorities on publication to a modern situation.Shutterstock
When you go online and write something nasty about a person, or even a small business, you risk being sued for defamation.
But if someone else goes online and writes something nasty about a person on your social media page, can you be held...