Max Schrems

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Facebook and other similar apps and websites can be ordered, The Illegal contributions worldwide after a landmark ruling by the top EU court.

platforms can also have to, find similar examples of The Illegal content and remove it, rather than waiting for each to be reported.

An expert said it was a significant decision with global impact.

Facebook said the verdict raised "critical questions about the freedom of expression".

What was the case?

The example comes from an offensive comment posted on Facebook about an Austrian politician Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, the country said in front of the courts, damage to your reputation.

under Eu Law , Facebook and other platforms are not responsible for illegal content posted by users until they are made aware of it - at which point, you need to remove it quickly.

But it was unclear, to monitor whether an EU Directive, namely, platforms can't be made, all the posts or you are actively in illegal activities, could be overwritten, to be ordered by a court.

the requested Austrian Supreme court of justice, to clarify Europe's highest court.

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Facebook is no appeal against this judgment.

What does this mean in practice?

said"to say If there is a court decision that someone is defamed, then Facebook also has the search of different variations of it," Prof Steve Peers , University of Essex, Bbc News .

privacy activist Max Schrems added that the ruling could have implications for Facebook closed groups.

In The Past , this has had Social Network to identify the users of each instance of a post-she wanted to be taken, before the company would address them. But since some of its pages are only for members, the victims may not be able to all access.

Now, the onus is on Facebook to find you, Mr Schrems is proposed.

Facebook has said that countries need to "clear-cut definitions of what 'identical' and 'equivalent' means in practice".

It said the decision "undermines the longstanding principle that a country have The Right to impose its laws on the speech in Another Country ".

However, platforms can be forced to take down " posts in the world in the framework of the relevant international laws.

"There is no harmonised defamation Law internationally," said Prof Peers.

"Facebook could say, we can't in the United States , because if it is, it must not violate Austrian Law , against U.S. Law . "

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Source of news: bbc.com