European Court of Human Rights : Sanchez v. France

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has delivered a controversial judgment with regard the criminal liability for posts on Facebook. It found that the criminal conviction of a politician for failing to promptly delete hate speech, that was posted by others, from his public Facebook account, did not violate the right to freedom of expression as guaranteed under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)