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internet intermediariesinnocent disseminationsubordinate publisher
Oriental Press Group Ltd v Fevaworks Solutions Ltd
(2013) 16 HKCFAR 366
Key Principle
The host/administrator of an internet discussion forum is a publisher of users' postings from the outset, but is a subordinate publisher able to rely on the common-law defence of innocent dissemination until it knows, or ought to know, of the defamatory content and fails to remove it within a reasonable time.
Area of Law
Tort & Negligence
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