Dylan Voller defamation case settlement leaves legal questions unresolved
While Voller’s case has been settled, the high court ruling on liability for third-party comments stands
The lawsuit that led to the high court ruling that publishers could be held liable for allegedly defamatory comments on their social media pages has been settled, leaving key legal questions unresolved.
Dylan Voller had sued the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, the Centralian Advocate, Sky News Australia and the Bolt Report over allegedly defamatory third party comments on their Facebook pages. The comments were in response to articles about Voller, whose mistreatment in the Northern Territory’s Don Dale youth detention centre led to a royal commission.
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