THE TIMELINE

Last month, an Australian High Court ruled that publishers of social media posts are liable for reader comments

Then, Australia's top law officer, Federal Attorneygeneral Michaelia Cash, wrote to her state counterparts urging them to redraft the country's defamation law

On Thursday, Australian PM Scott Morrison (pictured) called social media “a coward’s palace”, saying platforms should be treated as publishers when unidentified defamatory comments are posted