The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court ruled that WhatsApp group administrators are liable for defamation damages when they are aware of offensive publications, but do not act to remove them in a timely manner - and allow their continued distribution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a report On the 'Walla' website'<\/strong>, As part of the ruling, three group managers of the 9th Battalion fighters from the Yom Kippur War were ordered to jointly pay 90,000 shekels to a soldier who was harmed by a lengthy smear campaign waged against him in groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fighter filed two lawsuits against the administrators of the battalion's WhatsApp groups, after another member of the groups posted dozens of defamatory messages against him over a long period of time. The plaintiff chose not to sue the person who posted the messages, claiming that his mental state was difficult - and instead directed the lawsuit against the group administrators, who he claims did not do enough to stop the campaign of defamation despite his repeated requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group administrators, on the other hand, argued that WhatsApp group administrators should not be held responsible for posts made by others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the report, Judge Yair Delogin ruled that the publications far exceeded the limits of freedom of expression and constituted serious defamation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The ruling determined that although WhatsApp group administrators are not automatically responsible for every message that is published, their responsibility stems from the ongoing failure, after the harm was brought to their attention, and not from the actual management of the group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The court distinguished between the defendants and determined that it should be taken into account that one of them acted at a certain point to remove the publications, apologized, and even acknowledged the harm caused to the plaintiff, and therefore was awarded lower compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, one of the managers was ordered to pay the plaintiff 20,000 shekels, another manager was ordered to pay 40,000 shekels, and the third manager was ordered to pay 30,000 shekels.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05e9\u05e4\u05d8 \u05d4\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd \u05d1\u05ea\u05dc \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1 \u05e7\u05d1\u05e2 \u05db\u05d9 \u05de\u05e0\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d1\u05d5\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05d5\u05d8\u05e1\u05d0\u05e4 \u05e0\u05d5\u05e9\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05e0\u05d6\u05e7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e9\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05e8\u05e2 \u05db\u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05dd \u05de\u05d5\u05d3\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e4\u05e8\u05e1\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05d5\u05d2\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05da \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05dd \u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d4\u05e1\u05e8\u05ea\u05dd \u05d1\u05d6\u05de\u05df - \u05d5\u05de\u05d0\u05e4\u05e9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05da \u05d4\u05e4\u05e6\u05ea\u05dd. \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d9\u05d5\u05d5\u05d7 \u05d1\u05d0\u05ea\u05e8 '\u05d5\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4', \u05d1\u05de\u05e1\u05d2\u05e8\u05ea \u05e4\u05e1\u05e7 \u05d4\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05d7\u05d5\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e0\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d1\u05d5\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05dc\u05d5\u05d7\u05de\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 9 \u05de\u05de\u05dc\u05d7\u05de\u05ea \u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05db\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e9\u05dc\u05dd \u05d9\u05d7\u05d3 90 \u05d0\u05dc\u05e3 \u05e9\u05e7\u05dc \u05dc\u05dc\u05d5\u05d7\u05dd \u05e9\u05e0\u05e4\u05d2\u05e2 […]","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":1054353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[65975,65976],"class_list":["post-1059219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-94","tag---2","tag-65976"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n