{"id":11927,"date":"2023-10-22T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T12:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/22\/defamation-in-the-internet-age-could-a-400000-australian-court-ruling-silence-the-notorious-online-forum-kiwi-farms\/"},"modified":"2023-10-22T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T12:37:44","slug":"defamation-in-the-internet-age-could-a-400000-australian-court-ruling-silence-the-notorious-online-forum-kiwi-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/22\/defamation-in-the-internet-age-could-a-400000-australian-court-ruling-silence-the-notorious-online-forum-kiwi-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Defamation in the internet age: could a $400,000 Australian court ruling silence the notorious online forum Kiwi Farms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian company that helped the website remain accessible has been ordered to pay damages \u2013 but the legal arguments remain unsettled<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Australian company found to have helped keep the notorious forum Kiwi Farms accessible online has been ordered to pay more than $400,000 in damages after a successful defamation action in the Victorian supreme court.<\/p>\n<p>The case is just the latest instalment in a long-running saga that has pitted activists against a website that will not stay down, raising sticky questions about who is responsible for harmful online speech.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a 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