Cristina Badea – The Hard-Knock Life of Online Intermediaries in Romania – The Case of Liability for User’s Discriminatory Content

1. Context – Liability exemptions for online intermediaries under the eCommerce Directive The eCommerce Directive[1], transposed in Romanian law by Law no. 365/2002 on e-commerce, provides for the liability exemption of online intermediaries for illegal content published by their users, under certain conditions. As such, intermediaries