The European Court of Human Rights issued a landmark judgment on freedom of expression online, confirming that holding media companies strictly liable for content hyperlinked in their articles violated the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned Magyar Jeti ZRT, a Hungarian media company, and the operator of a popular online news portal, 444.hu. In September 2013, a journalist published an article on 444.hu about an incident involving football fans who chanted racist slogans and threatened Roma children. The article included a hyperlink to a Youtube video with a Roma leader who said that the fans were members of Jobbik, a far-right Hungarian party known for its anti-Roma acts. Jobbik sued the Roma leader and Magyar Jeti for defamation. Hungarian courts found that the Roma leader defamed Jobbik. Further, the courts held that Magyar Jeti was strictly liable for defamation because it disseminated content that contained false information. The European Court criticized the Hungarian courts for applying strict liability to the case at hand because it failed to sufficiently balance the right to freedom of expression with the right to reputation, and unduly burdening the free flow of information on the Internet.