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Law Evening Research Seminars - Seminar 2

"Facebook Defamation"
 

Date

Thursday 31 March 2011

Time

5:30pm to 7:30pm, refreshments provided

Venue

Bradley Forum, Level 5, Hawke Building
50-55 North Terrace, Adelaide, UniSA's City West Campus

Presented by

Patrick Lim, Lecturer, University of South Australia

Commentator

Professor Allan Beever, Professor of Law, University of Southampton
Chair Professor Ivan Shearer, Adjunct Professor, University of South Australia
     

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Patrick LimSocial networking on the Internet has made everyone a publisher. With the click of a finger our thoughts are shared publicly from the comfort of our armchair, providing a false sense of privacy. When online chatrooms have become the modern pub, can't we say whatever we like? Not exactly.

Defamation via Facebook is as easy as virtual pie and users of such social networking sites need to be careful that they observe the law.

This presentation will explore the law of defamation in relation to Facebook, including the recent South Australian case where criminal defamation charges were brought instead of a civil action. Status update: convicted.

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