If a European court orders a company to take down content, such as a post, that company must remove it everywhere it appears.The case revolves around an Austrian politician, Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, who sought to have Facebook remove disparaging comments about her that had been posted on an Irish person's page. An Austrian court had found the remarks to be harmful to her reputation by insulting and defaming her.
The European Court of Justice ruled that Facebook must remove information as well as block access to that information worldwide. "This judgment raises critical questions around freedom of expression and the role that internet companies should play in monitoring, interpreting and removing speech that might be illegal in any particular country," said a statement from Facebook.
It said the decision could force internet companies to proactively monitor all content and then interpret if it is"equivalent" to content that has been found to be illegal by one nation's court. "It undermines the long-standing principle that one country does not have the right to impose its laws on speech on another country," Facebook said in its statement.
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