@misc{8764979,
  abstract     = {{The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) confirmed recently a civil judgment against an editor-in chief for defamation of a politician, because of two articles published in the printed version and in the online edition of a weekly magazine. The ECtHR found that the domestic courts had applied correctly the criteria in balancing the rights of privacy and reputation under Article 8 and the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The ECtHR in particular referred to the circumstance that the two articles at issue contained serious allegations damaging the right of privacy and the reputation of the politician, without factual basis. Furthermore some of the insulting and denigrating statements about the politician were solely based on rumours, while the impact of the groundless allegations were amplified due to the online availability of the articles, accessible by search engines.}},
  articleno    = {{2022-7:1/19}},
  author       = {{Voorhoof, Dirk}},
  issn         = {{2078-6158}},
  keywords     = {{Freedom of expression,rights and duties and responsibilities of journalists,print and online media,defamation,no factual basis for allegations,right to privacy and reputation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2022-7}},
  pages        = {{2}},
  series       = {{IRIS (ENGLISH ED. ONLINE)}},
  title        = {{European Court of Human Rights : Pretorian v. Romania}},
  url          = {{https://merlin.obs.coe.int/article/9524}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}