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  • Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska

A Tweet Too Far? The Court Reassesses Online Speech and Reputation in Danish Defamation Case

November 21, 2025

By Dr. Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska In its recent case Mortensen v. Denmark, the ECtHR had yet another opportunity to assess whether calling someone a ‘Nazi’ falls within the boundaries of freedom of expression. Following earlier cases such as Lingens v. Austria, Brosa v. Germany and Balaskas v. Greece, the Court examined in detail whether such a […]