According to Article 20, what is a limit to freedom of expression?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 20 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: The right to honour, to privacy and to one's own image. Article 20 also names the protection of youth and children as a limit.
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Constitution · article 20.4
The question in Spanish
Según el artículo 20, ¿qué es un límite a la libertad de expresión?
The options
- AThe opinion of the GovernmentLa opinión del Gobierno
- BThe right to honour, to privacy and to one's own imageEl derecho al honor, a la intimidad y a la propia imagenCorrect
- CThe number of readers of a newspaperEl número de lectores de un periódico
What the Constitution says
«4. Estas libertades tienen su límite en el respeto a los derechos reconocidos en este Título, en los preceptos de las leyes que lo desarrollen y, especialmente, en el derecho al honor, a la intimidad, a la propia imagen y a la protección de la juventud y de la infancia.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 20 (paragraph 4, consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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