argomento: News del mese - Diritto Internazionale e Comunitario

Articoli Correlati: E.U. - anonymity - newspaper’s website

Regarding the extension of the guarantees to protect freedom of the press, the European Court of Human Rights recently condemned Austria for violating the following circumstance. The anonymity of users who leave comments on a newspaper’s website must be protected to protect the function of freedom of the press which is crucial for the debate on issues of public interest. National judges cannot ask a newspaper to disclose the personal data of registered users for comments published on the site without balancing the rights at stake, considering that anonymity on the web favors the free circulation of the opinions.