The Court’s Subtle Approach of Online Media Platforms’ Liability for User-Generated Content Since the ‘Delfi Oracle’
This post was originally published by Strasbourg Observers and Inforrm and is reproduced with permission and thanks. Introduction On 18 June 2015, Strasbourg Observers published…
Columbia to Award First Annual Global Freedom of Expression Prizes at International Conference
Columbia University’s inaugural Global Freedom of Expression Prizes will go to the Constitutional Court of Turkey, the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe and the Media Legal…
Ethiopian Council of Ministers Regulation for the Implementation of the State of Emergency
Overview Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers issued the following Regulations regarding the implementation of the State of Emergency Declaration 3/2020, which went into effect on April…
Court case strengthens workers’ right to keep correspondence private
By Emil Weber The case of a Romanian who was sacked from his office job in Bucharest has created stronger privacy protection standards, thanks to…
Dirk Voorhoof: Significant Legal Ruling 2015 Award Speech
The 2015 Significant Legal Ruling Prize went to the judgment of Rolfsen and Association of Norwegian Editors v. the Norwegian Prosecution Authority delivered by the…
Turkish Academics for Peace Working Group Communication on Behalf of Prof. Dr. Füsun Üstel
Demanding Peace Is Not a Crime. Füsun Üstel’s Freedom Is the Freedom of Us All. We Demand: (16 July 2019) • On 7 May 2019,…
Global Trends and Cases in Global Freedom of Expression and Information
I was asked to reflect on ‘important’ cases in the last year or so – and to indicate why they’re important; to indicate trends; and…
Freedom of Expression in Thailand During 2014
Executive Summary 1. What were the most important developments in 2014 as far as courts decisions on FoE are concerned? In your opinion, was it…
A Digital Future For Everyone
On 26 October 2019, Digital Freedom Fund (DFF) Director Nani Jansen Reventlow delivered the lecture “An inclusive digital age” at the Brainwash Festival. This is a…