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A right to be forgotten? EU Court sets worrying precedent for free speech – Gabrielle Guillemin

Google and SpeakingOn 13 May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its much-awaited decision in Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja González. The Court held that a search engine operator is responsible for the processing of personal data which appear on web pages published by third parties. Continue reading

Case Law, Strasbourg: Delfi AS v Estonia: Court Strikes Serious Blow to Free Speech Online – Gabrielle Guillemin

DelfiOn 10 October 2103, the European Court of Human Rights handed down judgment in Delfi AS v. Estonia (no.64569/09), a case concerning the liability of a news portal, Delfi AS for third-party comments made on its website.  The Estonian courts found that Delfi AS had editorial control over the comments’ section on its news site and should have prevented clearly unlawful comments from being published, notwithstanding the fact that Delfi had taken down the offensive comments immediately upon being notified of them. Continue reading

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