WhatsApp group admins beware

[Kevin Lancaster]

WhatsApp group admins beware

Social media law specialist Emma Sadleir has warned that WhatsApp group admins could be held legally liable for what’s said on the group, and could be sued for defamation.

 

[MickeyD]

Not yet tested in a Court in South Africa...

 

[hellfire]

What if someone posts their own vag pic?
Can I be held responsible for that?

 

[MickeyD]

What if someone posts their own vag pic?
Can I be held responsible for that?

Only if you are a ....

/such a tempting response!

 

[Zyraz]

What if someone posts their own vag pic?
Can I be held responsible for that?

Yeah Volkswagen Audi Group pictures are terrible ...:crylaugh:

 

[hellfire]

Yeah Volkswagen Audi Group pictures are terrible ...:crylaugh:

I was thinking more along the lines of hokkie and bcom groups

 

[Stevi]

I know many people who will be arrested

 

[Zyraz]

I was thinking more along the lines of hokkie and bcom groups

 

[Vio]

Use Telegram instead.

I'm so sick of these snowflakes.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Yeah sure, I'd like to see that :crylaugh:

Pretty soon we're going to have to get a written permission slip to communicate with someone, and then, once approved by the person intended, the message will be delivered to a third party to evaluate it and to see whether someone won't like it, and based on that, either be forwarded to the intended recipient, or the sender being hauled off to cry baby court.

TSEK

 

[Hamish McPanji]

/in b4 telegr.....awe shucks!

 

[PCWARITM]

Speaking on Radio 702, Sadleir said the “law of South Africa treats a WhatsApp administrator as if they are like an editor of a newspaper and you are responsible for the content of its pages”.

Just add you fav UK friend to the group and make them admin. Solved.

 

[LCBXX]

Ms Sadleir is turning up the fear-mongering as of late.

 

[Borrels]

Ms Sadleir is turning up the fear-mongering as of late.

And who stands to benefits from it? Ms Sadleir of course

 

[LazyLion]

Use Telegram instead.

I'm so sick of these snowflakes.

I would use Telegram if it was widely used.

 

[K3NS31]

Sounds like rubbish FUD to me.

 

[Thor]

Is this a new thread or have posts been deleted in here again?

 

[Kloofvreter]

Ms Sadleir is turning up the fear-mongering as of late.

Yeah, heard her on the radio. She should shut her bloody beak.

 

[MickeyD]

Is this a new thread or have posts been deleted in here again?

Mod note: NO posts have been deleted in this thread. You are probably imagining things. Again.

 

[Thor]

Mod note: NO posts have been deleted in this thread. You are probably imagining things. Again.

Then this is a new thread about the same topic.