Abstract
Not only has social media - Facebook pages or posts, tweets, blogs, forums and online comments - become popular avenues of expression, they have become common platforms to engage in defamation, which is making defamation easier and more pervasive. !is note examines Hong Kong-s recent Court of Final Appeal decision on the liability of Internet intermediaries for third-party defamatory postings and the degree of protection afforded in defamation proceedings to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Internet intermediaries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 119-130 |
| Journal | Asia Pacific Law Review |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Research Keywords
- Online defamation, Internet intermediaries, Oriental Press V Fevaworks Solutions, Defamation Ordinance, UK's Defamation Act 2013
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