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CNN shut down its Facebook page in Australia after court liability ruling:
CNN shut down its Facebook page in Australia on Wednesday, after an Australian court ruled that media outlets are liable for defamatory user-generated comments.
[...] The deteriorating effects of the court's ruling on online speech in Australia serve as a warning of what's to come if U.S. lawmakers succeed in their efforts to weakening protections against such legal decisions in the United States.
[...] The court's ruling previews the grim future in store if U.S. politicians get their way and dismantle Section 230, the keystone U.S. law that shields websites from liability over user-generated content. Without it, social media platforms and any other website with user-generated content—especially those without Facebook's deep pockets—would likely die. Both Republicans and Democrats, President Joe Biden included, would like it dismantled.
Should the person doing the defaming be liable, or the owner of the page the defamation is posted on be liable?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday October 01 2021, @03:26PM (8 children)
Just part of the standard censorship campaign.
Hold the audience responsible for believing the "slander"
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday October 01 2021, @04:48PM (3 children)
I would rather people believe true and reliable information.
I don't have a problem with people believing whatever they want. Let the Flat Earthers believe what they want. As long as people's belief don't cause harm to others. That is where I would draw the line. At that point, your belief becomes a problem.
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday October 01 2021, @05:08PM (2 children)
It's up to them to seek it out and ignore the liars, which are only a problem when given credence and attention.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 01 2021, @09:07PM (1 child)
Nobody has the time and resources to do that. That is why there is defamation law in the first place, it is an attempt to put some trust in what media outlets publish.
For instance if your local newspaper started printing scurrilous articles claiming that you are a nice democrat who gives money to orphanages then you could sue them to stop it.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 01 2021, @10:29PM
Don't engage fusty, he is prone to tossing out detailed context as unnecessary. Kinda like trump actually, just stumbling around shitting out poop covered nuggets of edgelordiness.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday October 02 2021, @01:57PM (3 children)
Jesus, another kook who thinks slander should be legal. You're okay with people spreading malicious lies about YOU, or just other people?
Carbon, The only element in the known universe to ever gain sentience
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday October 02 2021, @05:43PM (2 children)
I only have a problem with people that choose to believe lies and act maliciously on them. They are the only real problem, the liar's foot soldiers. The problem is with the audience. Focus the effort on them, not some loud mouth clown. That's not to say I don't understand the convenient and beneficial expediency of going after the mouthpiece. It's like animal population control, fixing the males is much more effective the the females. But for humans, regulating speech is always wrong. Tell people to control their reaction instead. It's more difficult but better for the brain, builds up the bullshit detector.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday October 04 2021, @08:27PM (1 child)
People can help being liars, lying is done on purpose. A fool's foolishness is out of the fool's control, and there are a LOT of esily fooled fools. Of course the fool should pay for his foolishness, but so should the liar who triggered it. The fool is ignorant, the liar is malicious.
Carbon, The only element in the known universe to ever gain sentience
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday October 04 2021, @08:42PM
Maliciousness thrives and feeds on ignorance. To kill it, you take away its food supply. You kill the lying snake, and out of ignorance springs another.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..