and derogatory comments were made on the post by others. Voller subsequently sued Fairfax media for defamation. Social Media Consultant Ryan Shelley testified as an expert witness and illustrated that it was within Fairfax media's power to remove the defamatory comments. The Judge ruled that Fairfax media's failure to remove the comments was grounds to hold Fairfax liable for defamation. In September 2021, the Australian High Court ruled that media companies could be held liable for allegedly defamatory material posted to their social media pages. Voller's case returned to the lower court for determination. This area of law is currently being reviewed by the Attorneys-General of the Federal government and each State and Territory. In response to the decision in Voller's case, the Federal Government has drafted the Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill. Which if enacted will clarify defamation law within the context of social media. Later life In 2019, the 21 year old Voller plead guilty to staging a bomb hoax at the Commonwealth Games marathon in Gold Coast. On 1 February 2020 Voller was sentenced to a 10-month prison sentence due to an incident in which he jumped on railway tracks, exposed his penis and assaulted a transit guard in Western Australia. Voller also had a warrant issued for his arrest by the Deniliquin Local Court in NSW on 19 June 2020 in relation to an armed robbery that occurred in Moama, NSW in May 2019. References People from the Northern Territory 1997 births Living people Australian indigenous rights activists Australian people of German descent