The social media giant is at the centre of a Sydney court case that could provide guidance on its role as a platform for those commenting on public companies.
Defamation cases don’t normally descend into this sort of farce. They are usually confined to battles between financially strong media companies and well-resourced opponents such as aggrieved politicians and wealthy individuals.It is a legal discipline that attracts the best barristers. Sue Chrysanthou, SC, is representing Kumova and Dauid Sibtain is Davison’s defence counsel.
Large organisations need to have defamation reserves or adequate defamation insurance to defend the truth of their journalism and back the opinions of their commentators. Defamation insurance premiums have doubled in the past three years.You won’t see Eric Beecher’s Private Media or Industry Super’s New Daily in the defamation lists. They have a reputation for settling every dispute with a correction or apology as soon as a lawyer’s letter arrives.
Twitter has carved out a unique position in the defamation courts over the past two years because it has become a platform for alleged defamatory statements against high-profile people. Twitter does not end up in the witness box, it is the people using it to tell the world what they think. The recent defamation case involving former Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton and commentator Shane Bazzi was helpful in providing
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