What's under the bonnet of the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill, 2021? ... Flawed complaints scheme for defamatory social media commentary ... The whims of tech platforms remain untrammelled ... Clunky pathway to discovery ... Shifting liability to third-parties ... From Alex Tharby and Tracy Cole ... more
Tag: Defamation
Mouhammad Tabbaa and Pamela Tabbaa v Nine Network Australia
Justice Fagan's summing up and verdict ... Criticism of the way the trial was run ... Juries burdened by too many imputations ... Changing the Defamation Act is "absolutely urgent" ... Vindication for Channel Nine's chief witness ... more

