Earlier this year, a guest of the Ferienhof Gerlos hotel in Austria was sued by the hotel after posting reviews that mentioned the unexpected presence of a photo of a man in a Nazi uniform by the front entrance. The hotel owners claimed the photo was not of a “Nazi grandpa,” but rather the only photo they had of this relative who was a member of the military force controlled by the Nazi government. They said he was not Nazi. the Austrian court sided with the hotel owners. It granted a preliminary injunction, stating that the hotel owner’s interest in “protecting her reputation took precedence over the guest’s right to freedom of expression.” The court rolled back the injunction in November, citing the evidence showing the accused Nazi was a literal Nazi. With the injunction gone, the hotel owners have decided it’s probably not a good idea to keep suing.
— source techdirt.com | Dec 26th 2019