Practitioners advising clients who publish on public social media pages should note that the same standards of reasonableness apply as for other forms of publication, including the obligation to seek comment from the subject of serious allegations before publication, and that the worldwide accessibility of public Facebook pages will likely defeat a defence of common law qualified privilege based on a local community interest.
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