Defamation reforms: Australian media may not be liable for Facebook comments in future

Attorneys general give in-principle support to changes including new innocent dissemination defence for intermediaries

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Australian media companies may avoid liability for defamatory third-party comments on their social media posts if reforms supported by the nation's attorneys general become law.

The Standing Council of Attorneys General has given in-principle support to reforms to modernise the nation's defamation laws relating to search engines and social media platforms.

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