YouTube片涉诽谤澳政客 Google须赔400万
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澳洲法院周一裁定,Google因未能下架两段“残酷、种族歧视、辱骂、破坏名誉”的YouTube影片,导致一名政治人物提前退出政坛,须向其支付七十一万五千澳元的赔偿。
澳洲联邦法院指出,原告巴里拉罗(John
Barilaro)二○二○年间出任新南威尔士州副州长,同年九月及十月,两段攻击他的影片上载至Google旗下影音分享平台YouTube,点阅量直逼八十万次,让Google赚了一笔。法官拉瑞斯表示,政治评论员尚克斯(Jordan
Shanks,又称friendlyjordies)在影片中质疑巴里拉罗的诚信,在无证据之下把他贴上“贪腐”标签;并用含有种族歧视性的字眼称呼巴里拉罗,程度“与仇恨言论无异”。
裁定为积极参与出版方
拉瑞斯指Google和尚克斯的所作所为让巴里拉罗受创,进而导致他二○二一年十月提前退休离开政坛,“我认定,Google当中的行为不适当,也不正当。”巴里拉罗在雪梨法庭外告诉记者,他觉得判决“证明了自己”,说:“我今天很激动。
听到法官宣读裁决理由和证据,以及案件本身,都有点令人痛苦。但我很高兴这是旅程的结束。”
Google过去也曾被裁定要替诽谤负起法律责任,通常都是因为在搜寻结果提供连结。今天的判决中,Google则是被视为积极参与的出版方,透过YouTube发布诋毁民选官员的内容。尚克斯原本与Google同列被告,但于去年十一月达成和解,他愿意道歉、支付十万澳元(约五十六万七千港元)赔偿及修改影片内容。
尚克斯在YouTube有六十二万五千粉丝,facebook粉丝则有三十四万六千人,在达成和解之前,他仍继续在YouTube发表轻蔑巴里拉罗及其律师的影片。裁决出炉后,他在facebook发文讽刺巴里拉罗说:“你终于从Google那里拿到钱⋯⋯而没有在法庭上检验真相。”
澳洲是少数几个网上平台与发表者有同等法律责任的西方国家之一。二○二一年发生了一宗具有里程碑意义的案件,一家报纸在facebook上发布的一篇文章,底下有读者留下诽谤性的回应,该报被裁定应对相关言论负责,这使许多跨国公司减少在澳洲的社交媒体活动,如美国CNN等多家新闻媒体关闭他们的澳洲facebook专页。
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