CYRILLA: Global Digital Rights Law

The plaintiff sent complaints to the telecommunications minister to block several websites for content he alleged constituted a threat to national security and an offense to his person, including the website of a human rights NGO. The content deemed critical to the government was then removed voluntarily by the website administrators. The plaintiff then filed a lawsuit in order to block these websites for the same reason, but was rejected in light of the removal of the offending content. On appeal, the court found that while the law does not specify the instances that require the blocking of websites, authorities are empowered to block websites when they pose harm to the national security or supreme interests of the state, under the supervision of the judiciary. An individual who's personal rights were infringed online was required to launch a civil or criminal action against the infringer - website blocking was not an avenue of recourse as it may compromise the rights of others online.

CYRILLA: Global Digital Rights Law

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