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ECHR: The European Court of Human Rights: Making an Internet news portal liable for the offensive online comments of its readers was justified

10 October 2013

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"the Court held that making Delfi liable for the comments was a justified and proportionate interference with its right to freedom of expression. There had therefore been no violation of Article 10."

See the text: Making an Internet news portal liable for the offensive online comments of its readers was justified (pdf)

And see: Full-text of judgment (pdf)

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