Freedom of expression and liability for Internet comments: a key new ECHR judgment

On 2 February 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a judgement on Magyar Tartalomszolgáltatók Egyesülete and Index.hu Zrt v. Hungary (MTE and Index.hu). The case concerned the liability of online intermediaries for user comments.

A self-regulatory body and an Internet news portal were
not liable for the offensive online comments of their readers

• Primary Source

MTE: News, 07.02.16: Online news sites are not liable for vulgar comments: The ruling in MTE and Index.hu Zrt v. Hungary leads the way to a new era after Delfi v. Estonia http://mte.hu/mte_index_v_hungary/

EDRI, 10.02.16: MTE v. Hungary: the ECtHR rules again on intermediary liability https://edri.org/mte-v-hungary-the-ecthr-rules-again-on-intermediary-liability/

HUDOC: Press Release, 02.02.16: Magyar Tartalomszolgáltatók Egyesülete and Index.hu Zrt v. Hungary (application no. 22947/13) http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf/?library=ECHR&id=003-5288151-6577157&filename=Judgment%20Magyar%20Tartalomszolgaltatok%20Egyesulete%20and%20Index.hu%20Zrt%20v.%20Hungary.pdf

Blog: :LSE: Media Policy Project, 19.02.16: Delfi revisited: the MTE-Index.hu v. Hungary case http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2016/02/19/delfi-revisited-the-mte-index-hu-v-hungary-case/

Council of Europe: Human Rights Europe, 02.02.16: Hungary: Court ruling on liability for 'vulgar and offensive' online comments http://www.humanrightseurope.org/2016/02/hungary-court-ruling-on-liability-for-vulgar-and-offensive-online-comments/

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