Australia Defamation Case Signals a Crackdown on Ordinary Citizens, Critics Say (Slashdot)

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Australia Defamation Case Signals a Crackdown on Ordinary Citizens, Critics Say – Australias defense minister on Wednesday won a defamation case over a six-word tweet that called him a rape apologist. From a report: Critics and experts said the court case exemplified the conservative government(TM)s heavy-handed approach toward regulating damaging commentary on social media — what Prime Minister Scott Morrison called a …

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