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Oriental Press Group Ltd v Fevaworks Solutions Ltd

(2013) 16 HKCFAR 366
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtCourt of Final Appeal (HKSAR)
Year2013
StatusBinding authority

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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