Tag Archive for: chilling effect

Defamation bill. The maxi-fines proposed by Senate are more punishing than prison

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Amendments by various political parties propose to set the minimum fine (which is now € 516) at 10, 20 or 40 thousand euro

Italy. Imprisonment for libel. Something is changing

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About the recent decision by which the Supreme Court annulled a 8 month prison sentence of a journalist

Libel. Supreme Court annuls the prison sentence for one journalist

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First sentence of its kind after the decision of the Constitutional Court to give Parliament one year to legislate reform