Download This PaperFighting Nazi and Anti-Semitic Material on the Internet: The Yahoo! Case and It's Global Implications
10 Pages Posted: 6 Jan 2012
Date Written: January 5, 2012
Abstract
The paper provides an analysis of the French Yahoo! case, a landmark case in global internet law, which led to the removal of Nazi paraphernalia from Yahoo! auction website and was the starting point of a fierce and spectacular transatlantic judicial battle about freedom of speech and content monitoring on the Internet.
Keywords: Internet Law, Global Law, Freedom of Speech, Hate speech, Racist Speech, ISP liability, Transnational Litigation
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Frydman, Benoit and Rorive, Isabelle, Fighting Nazi and Anti-Semitic Material on the Internet: The Yahoo! Case and It's Global Implications (January 5, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1980196 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1980196
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