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EU Court Holds News Website Liable For Readers' Comments

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. News sites will stop allowing comments. by SuricouRaven · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And nothing of value will be lost.

  2. If it's bad for science... by mschaffer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If comments are bad for science, why shouldn't they be bad for everyone else?

    http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/10/02/2059238/do-comments-on-web-pages-ruin-science