ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on regulation of online media in Norway and starts with a description of the Norwegian media landscape. It shows how freedom of speech is regulated in Norwegian legislation and describes the relationship between Norwegian and international law. The chapter deals with the regulation of the content of online media, the rules that set limits for the types of content that may legally be published in such media. In Norway, media that is engaged in journalistic activities is regulated by both a judicial and a non-judicial system. Norway joined the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as early as in 1952, and in 1999 the ECHR became incorporated into Norwegian law with the Human Rights Act. Today the ECHR and the practice of the European Court of Human Rights play a central role in the Supreme Court’s decisions in cases involving freedom of expression.
