EU courts can now force Facebook to remove ‘illegal comments’ worldwide

EU courts can now force Facebook to remove ‘illegal comments’ worldwide

5 years ago
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https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2019/10/03/eu-courts-can-now-force-facebook-to-remove-illegal-comments-worldwide/

Europe’s top court, the CJEU, has ruled that Facebook must now remove any comments EU courts deem illegal worldwide (such as hate speech), making sure they’re completely removed from its platform, Reuters reports.

“EU law does not preclude a host provider like Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain circumstances, equivalent comments previously declared to be illegal,” the EU’s top court declared.