Gap as a lie: Media, but also political associations, NGOs and think tanks, which report on a person named by name and deliberately conceal known excusing facts, act legally as if they had lied, decides the Federal Court of Justice. This applies even if every single information communicated is actually true. Höcker, a media law firm, had sued for a builder from Bautzen. A research collective had described the man in a report as far-right and cit…
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Gap as a lie: Media, but also political associations, NGOs and think tanks, which report on a person named by name and deliberately conceal known excusing facts, act legally as if they had lied, decides the Federal Court of Justice. This applies even if every single information communicated is actually true. Höcker, a media law firm, had sued for a builder from Bautzen. A research collective had described the man in a report as far-right and cit…