Liability of Online Platforms in Defamation Cases

Abstract

Online platforms provide an unprecedented space for exercising freedom of expression while simultaneously facilitating the immediate and potentially global spread of defamatory content. At the same time, AI plays a dual role as a generator of risks to individuals’ fundamental rights and as an indispensable tool for detecting and preventing illegal content. This article explores the risks to the right to honor arising from the use of online platforms and their increasing reliance on AI, with a threefold aim: to establish the standard of conduct of online platforms in defamation cases, to assess the impact of AI developments on their liability regime, and to identify the remedies available to victims when platforms