<div>Did you know that in Australia, administrators of Facebook groups can be held liable
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<div>for defamatory posts published by third parties, potentially costing them tens, or even
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<div>hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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<div>My name is Andy Leonard and in 2023 I was the administrator of a private Facebook
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<div>Group with less than 240 members. 
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<div>I was sued in the Federal Court of Australia for defamation as a result of a post
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<div>published in the Facebook Group I administered. The post was not written by me
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<div>and I don’t know who wrote it. It named someone I had met once over ten years ago,
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<div>but otherwise had no association with. I didn’t even know that the post was there,
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<div>until it was brought to my attention by the lawyers of the person who sued me.
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<div>I removed the post immediately and agreed to publish an apology. The person
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<div>commenced proceedings against me nonetheless.
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<div>NSW and the ACT recently introduced new laws to provide greater protection to
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<div>administrators of Facebook pages against defamation claims, and I understand other
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<div>states are considering making the same changes. Unfortunately, I was sued before
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<div>these changes came into effect.
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<div>The proceedings have had a devastating impact on me and my family.  I’m a father
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<div>of two small kids, and I’ve racked up $25,000 in legal fees fighting this case. 
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<div>I’m asking for your support to help me cover these fees.  
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<div>After the costs are covered in my case, any surplus funds will be allocated to a fund
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<div>to help others who find themselves in a similar situation to me.
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<div>If you can chuck in a dollar, two bucks, ten, please do so, Better yet if you can share
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<div>this around to get the word out I would really appreciate it.
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<div>Thanks for your time.
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Fighting a defamation case for a post I didn't even write!

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