Legal and Ethical Issues of Chilling Effect DE

Gergely Gosztonyi (PhD) is a Full Professor, a Hungarian lawyer and media researcher. He is teaching various courses on infocommunication law, constitutional law and legal history at BA, MA and PhD level at his home institution, Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). His research interests include global regulation of social media, censorship, deepfake, alternative media and the liability of intermediaries. He is a member of the European Communication Research and Education Association and the Community Media Forum Europe. He has been an expert on various occasions for the Council of Europe, the National Media and Infocommunications Authority, and the National Talent Centre. He is editor of several law journals and has published over 200 articles in Hungarian and international law journals. 

Gergely Ferenc Lendvai is a legal scholar and researcher specializing in freedom of expression, online platform regulation, media law and science communication. He is currently pursuing dual PhDs at Pázmány Péter Catholic University and Ludovika University of Public Service, focusing on online communication, hate speech, and scientometrics. He has extensive experience in legal research and academia, holding positions as a Research Fellow at the University of Richmond and the University of Milan and a lecturer at multiple universities, including Ludovika University of Public Service and Károli Gáspár University. His work often explores the intersection of digital regulation and legal philosophy, drawing on his expertise in European and international law. He is co-editing several forthcoming books concerning digital dilemmas in the regulation of the online space, and has presented at numerous international conferences on topics like online hate speech, deepfake regulation, and the Digital Services Act.