EU allows global speech bans

The European Union’s highest court ruled that Facebook can be forced to remove material contained in posts worldwide, said Owen Bowcott in The Guardian. The decision by the EU’s Court of Justice stems from a complaint by Austrian politician Eva GlawischnigPiesczek, who sued Facebook in an effort to remove online comments that called her a “lousy traitor” and a fascist, arguing the posts violated Austrian defamation laws and should be erased globally. The ruling was widely criti