Denmark’s Court of Appeal, Vestre Landsret, has tightened the sentence for allegedly praising Hamas’s terror attacks on Facebook. The case concerns “billigelse”, a criminal act under which online statements are treated as praise of a terrorist act. The court’s decision means a harsher penalty than before, according to a police press release. The charge focuses on posts shared on Facebook connected to Hamas’s attacks. The prosecution brought the matter before the appellate court, and Vestre Landsret issued the stricter ruling. As a result of the appeal decision, the punishment for the Facebook-based allegation has been increased. The case status now reflects the court outcome in the appellate instance.