On 13th June, the High Court of Australia allowed a defamation case against Google to proceed. Presently, Australia has no "safe harbour" provision for internet intermediaries, though there is some protection for telcos. [1]
The previous week, on 7th June, the New South Wales state government released a review of its 2005 defamation act, and the review recommends that the states re-convene their defamation working party and ask it, inter alia, if a specific safe harbour provision would be beneficial. [2][3] WMF legal might want to consider making a submission to the working party (once it has re-convened) to put our case, and might want to watch the law reform process as it unfolds to ensure any safe harbour language that may be adopted is broad enough to include Wikimedia projects. 1. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/protecting-google-from-defamation-is-worth-seriously-considering-98252 2. Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-pushes-for-historic-overhaul-of-defamation-laws-20180607-p4zk0k.html 3. The review. See recommendation 15c http://www.justice.nsw.gov.au/justicepolicy/Documents/defamation-act-statutory-review-report.pdf _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
