The European Court of Human Rights finds no violation in hateful comments issues by a man on his facebook account.

The European Court of Human Rights decided for no violation of article 10 (freedom of expression)
in the case concerning the criminal conviction of the applicant for incitement to hatred or violence against a
group of people or an individual on the grounds of their membership of a specific religion, following his
failure to take prompt action in deleting comments posted by others on the wall of his Facebook account.
In the opinion of the Court, tolerance and respect for the equal dignity of all human beings represent the
foundations of a democratic, pluralistic society. For this reason, it could be necessary to punish or prevent
all forms of expression which promote or justify hatred based on intolerance. The Court stated that the
domestic courts’ decision to convict the applicant on account of his failure to take prompt action in deleting
the unlawful comments posted by others on the wall of his Facebook account had been based on relevant
and sufficient reasons linked to his lack of vigilance and responsiveness and thus, it cannot be claimed a
violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention of Human rights. For further
information, please visit: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf/?library=ECHR&id=003-7106075-
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