Article 10 - Freedom of expression

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Google LLC and Others v. Russia, no. 37027/22

08/07/25

Imposition of substantial fines on Google LLC for (a) failure to comply with take-down requests concerning user-generated content hosted on YouTube, containing a broad range of content, including political expression, criticism of the Government, reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by independent news outlets, and support for LGBTQ rights; (b) failure to comply with a domestic courts’ order to restore a television channel’s YouTube account, which had been suspended due to sanctions imposed on the channel’s owner for providing material and public support for Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
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Ludes and Others v. France, nos. 40899/22 and 2 others

03/07/25

Conviction of the applicants, environmental activists, for stealing portraits of the President of France from several town halls, with the intention of denouncing the allegedly inadequate implementation of the State’s commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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Străisteanu v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 9989/20

05/06/25

Obligation imposed on the applicant, a lawyer and well-known LGBTQ+ rights activist, to remove videos from her Facebook page that showed another lawyer making insulting and homophobic remarks toward her just before the Pride parade.
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