[69], Several Internet providers and mobile operators in the Czech Republic block content promoting child pornography, child prostitution, child trafficking, pedophilia, illegal sexual contact with children, and racist materials based on URLs from the Internet Watch Foundation list and on individual direct requests made by customers. After attempting to dispute the results, she quickly left the country for Lithuania and went silent.
[136] However, questions about how best to protect children, fight terrorism, prevent libel, and protect the rights of copyright holders are ongoing in Iceland as they are in much of the world. [3], The Ministry of Information of Belarus was established in 2001[5] and serves as Belarus' media regulator. The Danish Constitution provides for freedom of speech and press with some limitations such as cases involving child pornography, libel, blasphemy, hate speech, and racism, and the government generally respects these rights in practice.[79]. The Belarusian Association of Journalists has expressed concern. 4 journalists refused to give access to their mobile devices, and they were charged with "participation in an unauthorized mass event". [55], On 21 August, 72 or 73 web sites were blocked in Belarus, including several independent news portals (Radio Liberty/Free Europe in Belarus svaboda.org, by.tribuna.com sport news, euroradio.fm, belsat.eu, gazetaby.com, the-village.me/news and others), electoral sites of Tsepkalo and Babaryko, "Golos" and "Zubr" platforms, spring96.org human rights portal, several VPN services. The constitution and law provide for freedom of speech and press and prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, correspondence or friends. Not individually classified by ONI, but included in the regional overview for the Nordic Countries. Journalists are harassed and detained for reporting on unauthorized demonstrations or working with unregistered media outlets. The UN General Assembly Resolution on “Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of association” says that governments should refrain from shutting down the internet as well as from imposing content restrictions that violate the legality, necessity, and proportionality criteria. [166], There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet. In 2006, a new copyright law known as Lex Karpela set some restrictions on publishing information regarding copy protection schemes.

While the law does not include a specific provision on hate speech, it is a criminal offense to "incite" national, racial, or religious intolerance.