Court finds defamatory videos drove former lawmaker John Barilaro out of politics prematurely
An Australian court ordered Google to pay A$715,000 to a former senior lawmaker on Monday after finding that a YouTube commentator’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” drove him to quit politics prematurely.
The videos by political commentator Jordan Shanks questioned the integrity of the lawmaker, John Barilaro, including labeling him “corrupt” without evidence, and called him racist names that were “nothing less than hate speech,” the judge, Steve Rares, told the court.
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