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EU Court Holds News Website Liable For Readers' Comments

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 10, 2013 @09:27PM from the sticks-and-stones dept.

angry tapir writes "Seven top European Union judges have ruled that a leading Internet news website is legally responsible for offensive views posted by readers in the site's comments section. The European Court of Human Rights found that Estonian courts were within their rights to fine Delfi, one of the country's largest news websites, for comments made anonymously about a news article, according to a judgment."

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Re:This is not EU law... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2013-10-10 22:25 · Score: 5, Funny

Estonian law holds news website liable for comments. The European court has ruled that Estonian law does not breach the human rights conventions.
Why don't YOU write summaries?
Oh, wait, that would increase their quality. I apologize for putting forward such a preposterous idea.

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