Hi all,

this is a couple weeks old news, I haven't had time to post it sooner.

The Constitutional Court (more or less the Hungarian equivalent of the Supreme Court) has decided [1] (upholding the three decisions made by lower-level courts) that internet providers can be held responsible for libelous comments on a website they provide, even if there was no moderation or other process through which they could have learned of the comments beforehand, and even if they removed the comments as soon as they were made aware.

News reports with more details:

http://budapesttimes.hu/2014/06/22/court-decision-a-blow-to-internet-comment/

http://budapestbeacon.com/featured-articles/constitutional-court-limits-freedom-of-expression-in-hungary/

[1] Case IV/5/2013, Examination of constitutional complaint regarding the right to freedom of expression

http://public.mkab.hu/dev/dontesek.nsf/0/4E4D071867671629C1257B0C00212E7F?OpenDocument

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