News Outlets Are Liable for Others’ Facebook Comments, Australian Court Rules

Newspapers and television stations that post their own articles on Facebook Inc.’s platform are liable for other Facebook users’ defamatory comments on those posts, an Australian court ruled, presenting a fresh dilemma for traditional publishers in the social-media age.

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