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Will Marieke Hardy’s Twitter case change Australian law for ever?
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6:46 am Feb 17, 2012
Twitter is being sued for defamation by a Melbourne man who was wrongly identified as the author of a “hate blog” directed at writer and TV personality, Marieke Hardy.
Hardy posted a tweet last year to “name and shame” Joshua Meggitt, the Melbourne man she incorrectly identified as the blog’s author, leading Meggitt to sue Twitter for defamation.
While Meggitt and Hardy have already apparently reached a (confidential) legal settlement, the broader issue of Twitter’s moral culpability and legal responsibility for allegedly defamatory tweets has now been brought sharply into focus.
This is the first time under Australian law Twitter has been sued for defamation, and it raises three interesting legal questions with respect to the liability of online intermediaries or platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
1) It represents an application of the High Court’s reasoning in the case of Australian businessman Joseph Gutnick vs. the Dow Jones publishing firm. In that case, the High Court held that a cause of action for defamation arises in all places of publication. (That is, just because the Dow Jones is based in the US, it doesn’t mean Gutnick couldn’t bring the case to an Australian court.)
So even though Twitter is based in Silicon Valley, it can potentially be held liable for publication in Australia. This decision, while accepted law in Australia, has been very contentious overseas, particularly in the United States.
2) The case highlights the issue of whether disclaimers in the terms and conditions of various websites, such as the one on Twitter, provide legal immunity.
Read the full article at The Conversation.
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Twitter sued: next we’ll be suing telephones for carrying gossip
news.com.au
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2:43 am Feb 17, 2012
TWITTER is being sued for defamation for the first time under Australian law. Joshua Meggitt, the Melbourne man wrongly named by writer and TV identity Marieke Hardy as the author of a hate blog dedicated to her, is now suing Twitter Inc itself. This is…
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Twitter gets hit with defamation suit downunder
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6:46 am Feb 17, 2012
Free whitepaper – Application Performance Management:Meggitt has been embroiled in an elaborate drama with TV personality and prolific social media maven Marieke Hardy. Last year Hardy wrongly alleged that Meggitt was behind a hate blog dedicated to her.
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Twitter sued by Melbourne man for defamation
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8:15 am Feb 17, 2012
A Melbourne man, Joshua Meggitt, is suing social media giant Twitter in a defamation case that could set global legal precedents for new media.Meggitt and his lawyer, Stuart Gibson, served legal papers to Twitter's Californian head offices this week after…
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3:48 am Feb 17, 2012
There are plans to build a new nuclear power plant at Sellafield in CumbriaThe UK is to sign a deal with France to strengthen co-operation in the development of civil nuclear energy. The government says it reiterates the UK's commitment to nuclear energy…
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Twitter sued over Hardy tweet
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10:02 pm Feb 16, 2012
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Man sues Twitter over hate blog
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4:36 am Feb 17, 2012
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Australia: Twitter sued for #defamation over Marieke Hardy tweet. http://t.co/v4Q4PJnu via @wrothnie #AusLaw
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Twitter gets hit with defamation suit downunder • The Register http://t.co/rKiZ1Dr4
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Will Marieke Hardy's Twitter case change Australian law for ever? http://t.co/s9LumHKB via @ConversationEDU
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@peterjblack unpacks the Australian Twitter defamation case that could have wide implications in @ConversationEDU http://t.co/8sMb4oUg #fb
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Twitter gets hit with defamation suit downunder: Social media's scarlett woman Marieke Hardy starts chain reaction. … http://t.co/MmF2HDWL
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Could the Marieke Hardy case set a precedent for anyone tweeting links to defamatory material? The tweet itself didn't defame; the blog did.
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The Marieke Hardy case isn't the first that has led to a suit against Twitter. @BernardKeane compiles the list so far http://t.co/hqgKoB8z
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“This is real money that will make a real difference in people’s lives.”—President Obama on the payroll tax cut agreement #40dollars
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Twitter is being sued for defamation in Australia over a @mariekehardy tweet: http://t.co/eezpZ927
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Twitter is being sued for defamation (as publisher). The law part is interesting, but as citizens we can only hope the case fails.
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I didn't know who Joshua Meggitt was until he started suing people for defamation. Now I know who he is...& think he might be a douche bag.
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Watching this one with interest: "Twitter being sued for defamation for the first time under Australian law" http://t.co/dFpkgl8F
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Aust man suesTwitter for defamation - was wrongly named and shamed in a tweet: http://t.co/7EuYUfQp (1st time under Aust law)
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Twitter sued for defamation for the first time under Australian law in connection with Marieke Hardy case. http://t.co/mEfSXL21
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TWITTER is being sued for defamation for the first time under Australian law. http://t.co/sOWqRH3N
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I'm not a defamation scientist but...
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Australian 1st: man sues Twitter for defamation http://t.co/KQgiHafV #socadl
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Twitter sued over Marieke Hardy tweet - proves you should look closely before you leap http://t.co/8x5ebECJ
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"Twitter is being sued for defamation for the first time under Australian law" http://t.co/B1fN6kJP @theage
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I imagine that even if it turns out you can sue Twitter for defamation, it'll probably still only be if you've been defamed
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This one time @dannolan defamed me. On twitter. Using an iPhone. So I can sue Twitter *and* Apple? What about Telstra?
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"TWITTER is being sued for defamation for the first time under Australian law." Oh FFS, Oz. http://t.co/t7Hg67JR #auspol #tlot
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Twitter sued for #defamation in Australia as the publisher of a tweet by Marieke Hardy. | @theage | http://t.co/i9tgXGOu #AusLaw
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Twitter sued for defamation for first time under Aus law over tweet by Marieke Hardy (incorrectly) naming cyber bully: http://t.co/xk9JsamW
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For once I find myself in full agreement with Bolt. Yikes. http://t.co/v2h7nkIH
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Twitter Faces First Defamation Lawsuit In Australia - In a strange case that seems more money-hungry than concerned ... http://t.co/EyxIuyNB
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http://t.co/vFBrWdP5 twitter's hands-off policy to be tested as the social media site is sued in Aus for first time over Hardy tweet.
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Headline should be 'Marieke Hardy continues ruining twitter for the rest of us'
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Soooo.... there's... THIS dude... And YES. That's an Ed Hardy hat. We must all be mad...because he is stylin http://t.co/qfqPi3rS
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You don't have to be gay to admit that Chris Pine & Tom Hardy make a better couple than either one with Reese Witherspoon.
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Twitter sued over Hardy tweet http://t.co/f46oVmRP via @theage << it will be interesting to see how this case goes.
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