CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Szegedi, Márton |
|---|---|
| Title | Facebook, Twitter, Youtube And The Others: Our Online Representatives' With And Without Free Speech Immunity - The Manifestation Of The Website Operators??? Genuine Role In The United States And Their Misconceived Function In Europe |
| Summary | The growing number of online defamation, harassment, hate speech and other types of illicit communication circulating on the Internet gives rise to concerns worldwide. Fighting against harmful conducts in the cyberspace committed by third parties in the form of user generated content cannot be successful without the involvement of the website operators, the online service providers. But the opinions are divided on the question, whether online service providers should bear legal liability if they fail to eliminate the illegal communication on their webpage. This goal is extremely difficult to be achieved in the context of the freedom of expression rules. The study compares the legal systems of the United States and the prevailing approaches in Europe, – namely in the European Union and in the member states of the Council of Europe – and gives an explanation why is legal immunity an essential element of the online service provider’s genuine role, called as “online representative.” Furthermore, the study gives an analysis why is the law unable to define the function of the “online gatekeeper” properly and how is this notion misconceived in Europe. |
| Supervisor | Sganga, Caterina |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/szegedi_marton.pdf |
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