Award of large compensation for television for broadcasting false news, which was recalled a few hours later, for the arrest of a politician for sexual offenses against children. Violation of freedom of expression!
JUDGEMENT SIC – Sociedade Independente de Comunicação v. Portugal 27.07.2021 (app. no. 29856/13) see here SUMMARY Awarding a high amount of compensation to a television station for insulting the price of a well-known politician. Freedom of expression. A television station owned by the applicant company reported that a well-known politician had allegedly been arrested and questioned […]