Freedom of speech and online media in Denmark

Danes are online and so are the media. Ninety one per cent of the Danish population is connected to the internet, 85 per cent use the internet on a daily basis and 67 per cent have a Facebook account.1 Every traditional media, newspaper and broadcasting company has an online version, and a range of media is online only. This ranges from professional media to blogs of varying quality and social media, to more obscure fora. Most of these various types of media have direct commenting capabilities without intervention by an editor or a moderator. Most, of course, are subsequently edited with the option to delete comments and features that may be unlawful, against the ethics of journalism, against the policy of the media outlet in question or against the inclinations of the moderator.