[LINK] itNews: Tas Police fed up with Social Media

[Jan Whitaker]

At 08:46 AM 16/07/2012, Roger Clarke wrote:

>"Police should be contacted only where the content relates directly
>to a crime," he said.

Question: Is defamation a crime or a civil offence?
As far as I can tell, the individual can still sue someone for 
defamation. Let's clog the courts then! ;-)
But there are cases of criminal defamation, but according to the link 
below, it appears to come after a finding of a judge that the case 
involved malice, rather than police doing anything in advance of the trial.
http://www.thenewsmanual.net/Resources/medialaw_in_australia_02.html

And what about cyberbullying? Will the police act then? What about 
racial vilification? The broad brush about what happens offline 
versus online isn't good enough a distinction.

Jan



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