Assisted by Elisabeth Krstanovski
Our increased use of social media has led many users to face
various legal battles.
The case of
Goldberg v Voigt [2020] NSWDC 174 explores an incident
where a Sydney man, Bruce Goldberg, was awarded $35,000 in damages
after the District Court of New South Wales found that he was
defamed by a post made by Alice Voigt on the "Rose Bay
Community – Original and Official Group Facebook
Page".
Facts
On 16 November 2018, Ms Voigt made a Facebook post on a Rose Bay
Community Group page claiming that Mr Goldberg "intimidated,
bullied and threatened women". She continued with stating that
"he finds where you live... he hand delivers mail to your
house" and claimed that "it's not slander if it's
true". Ms Voigt also stated that "too many women have
been killed by stalkers and unstable people to let this sort of
stuff scare us".
