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Shanks added, without evidence, that Barilaro "withdrew (his) action against us so we wouldn't testify or present our evidence" in support of the YouTuber's claims.īarilaro told reporters outside the courthouse that he felt "cleared and vindicated". without ever having the truth tested in court". In a Facebook post after the ruling, Shanks, who goes by the handle friendlyjordies, mocked Barilaro, saying "you finally scored the coin from Google. Shanks, who has 625,000 YouTube subscribers and 346,000 followers on Meta Platform's Facebook, was a co-defendant until a settlement with Barilaro last year which involved the YouTuber editing the videos and paying the former politician A$100,000.īut Shanks "needed YouTube to disseminate his poison (and) Google was willing to join Mr Shanks in doing so to earn revenue as part of its business model," the judge said.īefore the lawsuit was resolved, Shanks continued to make disparaging comments about Barilaro and his lawyers in YouTube videos, and the judge said he would refer him and Google to the authorities "for what appear to be serious contempts of court by bringing improper pressure. The court heard that content creator Jordan Shanks uploaded videos in which he repeatedly brands lawmaker John Barilaro "corrupt" without citing credible evidence, and calls him names attacking his Italian heritage which the judge, Steve Rares, said amounted to "nothing less than hate speech".īy continuing to publish the content, Rares said Google breached its own policies aimed at protecting public figures from being unfairly targeted, and "drove Mr Barilaro prematurely from his chosen service in public life and traumatised him significantly."īarilaro quit politics a year after Shanks posted the videos, and "Google cannot escape its liability for the substantial damage that Mr Shanks' campaign caused," Rares said. "They (Google) were advised that those defamatory videos were there, they looked into it, they decided for themselves that they weren't, and left them up," said Prof David Rolph, a specialist in media law at the University of Sydney Law School. The judgment showed Google had denied the videos carried defamatory imputations, and said the YouTuber had the right to an honestly held opinion and should be protected by the right to criticize a politician.Ī Google spokesperson was not available for comment. A landmark case in 2021, where a newspaper was found liable for defamatory reader comments below an article posted on Facebook, drove global firms to reduce their social media presence in the country. To turn off subtitles, use the C shortcut again.The ruling revives the question of how much culpability technology firms have for defamation conveyed by users on their websites in Australia, one of few Western nations where online platforms have the same legal responsibility as publishers.Īustralia is reviewing what legal exposure platforms should have for defamatory posts. CC (Subtitles): If a video has subtitles, you can activate them through the C shortcut. The subtitles will be at the bottom of the video.It shows you how much of the video has played already and how much there's still left to play. Time elapsed/total duration: This section shows the total time elapsed over the total duration of the video.Volume slider: Use the left/right or up/down arrow keys to increase/decrease volume.Our other videos for Google include: Google Docs Mobile Maps (My Location) Google Apps with Salesforce View all of our custom client productions. Mute/unmute: This button changes depending on whether the video is muted or not muted. The Google Reader team hired us to create this one minute introduction to Google Reader.If you don't have media buttons, you can also skip to the next video using Shift+N. Next: This button allows you to skip to the next video.I found this video very useful as it gives. To replay the video, select the Play or K button after the video stops playing. I like Google Reader since it saves my time and helps me to manage, label and share my feeds with other people. Play/pause: The button text changes based on the status of the video.Use the left/right or up/down arrow keys to fast forward/rewind the video. To use the seek slider, first turn off Virtual cursor then tab to the slider. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what youre looking. Seek slider: The seek slider is used to fast forward or rewind the video. Search the worlds information, including webpages, images, videos and more.
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