The Court of Justice of the European Union has clarified the criteria for the exemption of host providers from liability under the e-Commerce Directive. In a ruling handed down on Thursday, October 3, the judges in Luxembourg ruled that a national authority could require Facebook to remove, worldwide, comments deemed "equivalent" to another comment previously declared to be illegal (Case C-18/18).
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Chair of Austria’s Green party, requested and obtained an order...