Legal Responses to Online Harassment and Abuse of Journalists: Perspectives from Finland, France and Ireland

This report focuses on the legal framework that applies to online harassment and abuse in three jurisdictions, namely Finland, France and Ireland. These three jurisdictions have been selected because they are some of the few jurisdictions that have seen high-profile and successful prosecutions in 2018 of individuals who had been harassing or threatening journalists online

From an analysis of the case studies, it offers best practices and recommendations for OSCE participating States in implementing and interpreting laws so as to effectively respond to the diverse and growing forms of online harassment and protect the rights of journalists to do their work safely online without compromising freedom of expression as guaranteed by international human rights law.

Tags: Finland France Ireland Cybersecurity Harassment Legal protection Media Law

Publication Date: 07/03/2019

Research and Editorial Team: Scott Griffen

Link: https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/1/6/413552.pdf

Publisher: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Legal Responses to Online Harassment and Abuse of Journalists: Perspectives from Finland, France and Ireland

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