A Legal-Dogmatic View on Freedom of Expression in Social Networks
A Legal-Dogmatic View on Freedom of Expression in Social Networks

Summary/Abstract: The freedom of the press and the right to free speech also apply in the digital sphere. Everycitizen with Internet access has the ability to easily share and receive information and opinions witha global audience. The hope is that unfiltered free expression and diversity of opinion will lead to moredemocratic and pluralistic societies. This utopia, however, fails due to humans’ limited informationprocessing capacity. No one is able to take note of all or even a fraction of the opinions and informationpresented on the Internet, process them and use them as a basis for their own opinions and actions.As a result, the Internet has been “platformized”. Platforms bring together various user groups andfrequently create a closed ecosystem of various services and information for them. The purpose of thispaper is to provide answers on questions, among other, what lies behind social networks function asinformation intermediaries and what rights social media users have against the deletion of their posts.

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