1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auMatt Novakhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/mattnovak-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KjzyIb5Ifv"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2021/09/facebook-users-liable-for-all-comments-under-their-posts-according-to-australia-high-court/">Facebook Users Liable for All Comments Under Their Posts According to Australia High Court</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2021/09/facebook-users-liable-for-all-comments-under-their-posts-according-to-australia-high-court/embed/#?secret=KjzyIb5Ifv" width="600" height="338" title="“Facebook Users Liable for All Comments Under Their Posts According to Australia High Court” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="KjzyIb5Ifv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/08/41812dda6e8dcfa4ededcef653dfb251-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601440Australia’s High Court, roughly the equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court, has ruled that Facebook users are responsible for the content of complete strangers who post defamatory comments on their posts. The ruling upholds a June 2019 ruling by the Supreme Court of New South Wales, home to Australia’s largest city of Sydney. And it […]