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ECtHR To Hear A Case About Liability For Hyperlinking [+ Intervention]

Internet case-law of the ECtHR will soon be enriched. Magyar Jeti Zrt v Hungary is a new important pending case. It concerns liability for hyperlinks in the domestic defamation law and its compatibility with freedom of expression. The applicant is in the case is an operator of the Hungarian news portal 444.hu which is used by approximately