We welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important review. In general terms, we are concerned with the operation of Australian defamation law in practice. While relatively few cases make it to the courts, current law creates dangerous incentives for online service providers to remove content or links to content that would not be defamatory if it were assessed by a court.<br/><br/>The previous tranche of changes recommended by the Model Defamation Law Working Party include important new defences…