The Australian | Facebook and defamation: When a post costs you dearly The Australian Andrew Farley was ordered to pay $105,000 in damages for defaming a schoolteacher on Twitter and Facebook. BE CAREFUL what you post. That's the lesson a leading law firm, and a climbing number of its clients, have learnt as social media posts have ... Is the law keeping up with technology on social media defamation? When a Facebook post costs you dearly Facebook defamation surge challenges courts |