A Maltese 24 year-old author wrote what was considered to be a comment inciting hatred on a Facebook page against Pope Benedict XVI visiting Malta and was handed a €500 fine and suspended jail sentence.
The debate right now in Malta is whether online media such as blogs and Facebook can be considered publications and as such, should posters be held accountable for what they write regardless of their intended audience.
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A Maltese 24 year-old author wrote what was considered to be a comment inciting hatred on a Facebook page against Pope Benedict XVI visiting Malta and was handed a €500 fine and suspended jail sentence. The debate right now in Malta is whether online media such as blogs and Facebook can be considered publications and as such, should posters be held accountable for what they write regardless of their intended audience.