Earlier in July 2023, a blog post by Jacob van de Kerkhof discussed the shortcomings of the recent Grand Chamber judgment in Sanchez v. France, in which the Court expanded its intermediary liability rules for hate speech posted by third parties to individual users of social media platforms. This piece will not contemplate the majority position nor the (unsound) reasoning behind this extension of liability rules. Rather, it will reflect on the points raised by the dissenting voices on… [read post]