「酸民」退散！澳洲打算引入新的網路誹謗法 No trolls! Australia is introducing new online defamation laws

　
Australia is introducing new defamation laws that will force online platforms like Facebook or Twitter to disclose the identities of trolls or pay the price of defamation.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison noted that the online world should not be a wild west where trolls and others go around anonymously hurting people. Since the law is specific to Australia, online platforms would not have to identify trolls located in other countries.

However, it remains unclear which specific details the platforms will be required to collect and disclose, so there are concerns that the loose definition of defamation could pose a serious threat to privacy.

友善讓你懂｜解說：

　
澳洲打算在網路引入新誹謗法，讓臉書或 Twitter 等網路平台得揭露「網路酸民」的身份，否則平台自己就得付出誹謗的代價。

澳洲總理 Scott Morrison 指出，網路世界不應是酸民與其他人透過匿名身份到處傷人的狂野西部。由於該法律僅針對澳洲地區，如果酸民來自其他國家，網路平台不需要依法揭露身份。

然而，目前還不清楚平台會被要求收集哪些資訊、揭露哪些資訊，不少人擔心如果這條法律對誹謗的定義太過寬鬆的話，恐怕反而對隱私造成更嚴重威脅。

輕鬆帶著走｜學習：

　
troll原本指的是山怪、巨魔等，但在網路世界指的則是到處留下攻擊言論的「網路酸民」，是近期新聞英文常見的詞彙。

例句：​​Trolls on the internet often post defamatory content.
網路酸民們經常發佈誹謗性的內容。

本篇其他相關單字，介紹如下：

• defamation　(n.) 誹謗
• disclose　(v.) 揭露
• identity　(n.) 身份
• anonymously　(adv.) 匿名地
• loose (adj.) 寬鬆的