Australia Ruling May Make Facebook Page Administrators’ Jobs Tougher

In a ruling that may have a ripple effect on Facebook page administrators globally, Australia’s Advertising Standards Bureau declared that brands are responsible for the content of all comments on their pages.

In a ruling that may have a ripple effect on Facebook page administrators globally, Australia’s Advertising Standards Bureau declared that brands are responsible for the content of all comments on their pages.

The Herald Sun reported that the ASB became involved after a complaint about posts on the Smirnoff Australia Facebook page, which is managed by Profera and Diageo.

According to the Herald Sun, the complaint cited posts containing vulgarity and obscenity, promoting excessive drinking, and tying alcohol consumption together with sexual and social prowess.

In ruling that brands are responsible for the content on their Facebook pages, the ASB said, as reported by the Herald Sun:

The board considered that the Facebook site of an advertiser is a marketing communication tool over which the advertiser has a reasonable degree of control and could be considered to draw the attention of a segment of the public to a product in a manner calculated to...

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