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Australia's defamation laws are some of the toughest in the world and not in a good way. There's been a few new articles about people having to pay big damages
by tiew9Vii 6y ago
Australia's defamation laws are some of the toughest in the world and not in a good way.
There's been a few new articles about people having to pay big damages due to online reviews, social media posts[1] and how it stopped women speaking out over the me to stuff over here[2].
[1] https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/email-spat-between-manly-residents-leads-to-120-000-defamation-payout-20190521-p51pkq.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/email-spat-between-manly...
[2] https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/social-justice-uts/news/metoo-exposes-problems-australias-defamation-laws https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/so...