ILLEGAL CONTENT CLASSIFICATION IN LIGHT OF THE SLOVAK CASE-LAW

Classification of illegal content presents a multifaceted issue requiring complex examination of the applicable regulation adopted on the national, European and international level that defines content categories that are considered unlawful and therefore subject to prosecution by competent state authorities. Following such examination, the practical implementation of the relevant legislation represented in the decision-making practice of state authorities must also be analysed with the objective to identify specific content types sanctioned within the national context. Proposal of such classification forms the subject-matter of this paper, the objective of which is to identify the individual categories of illegal content focusing on the existing caselaw of Slovak national authorities.