Tutela dell'onore e internet: tra vecchi problemi e tentativi di riforma

The thesis studies the protection of reputation in the Internet age: after examining the significance of reputation in our law system, the author focuses on the balance between its protection and the need to preserve the freedom of speech in a democratic state, in particular analyzing the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. This implies the need to reform the old defamation rules provided for by our criminal code, in order to ensure the effectiveness of freedom of expression and to adapt them to the modern technologies.