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High Court's decision on Facebook blackmail sets robust precedent

Good decision by judge but still “early days,” NetSafe chairman and lawyer Rick Shera says.

Campbell Gibson
Tue, 04 Apr 2017

Prominent internet lawyer and NetSafe chairman Rick Shera has welcomed a decision by a High Court judge to allow an appeal of a Harmful Digital Communications Act case.

An Auckland  High Court judge found a woman was harmed after her ex-husband posted explicit images of her on Facebook, under

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Campbell Gibson
Tue, 04 Apr 2017
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