Tyskland är på väg att skärpa sina redan hårda lagar mot hot och hat på nätet. Politico rapporterar…
In proposals published Wednesday, Angela Merkel’s government announced new measures to force social media platforms to proactively report illegal content such as death threats or incitement of hatred on their platforms to law enforcement. That follows complaints that it takes too long to follow up on harmful content because police must wait until people file official charges.
Berlin will also create a new federal police unit to handle the submissions, and companies will be required to hand over the IP address, or online identifier, of those publishing hateful material.
Frågan är hur detta skall gå till rent praktiskt. Under den gällande NetzDG-lagen skall anmält olagligt material plockas ner inom 1-7 dygn. Men om plattformarna måste agera proaktivt – då kräver detta rimligen automatisk granskning av allt som laddas upp. Och problemen med automatisk, algoritmdriven filtrering är redan väl kända.
Den nya tyska lagstiftningen kan för övrigt komma att bli vägledande för hela EU:
Within the European Commission, officials are considering similar efforts as part of the so-called Digital Services Act that is expected to overhaul the level of responsibilities that digital players must hold for what is circulated online. That comes as Brussels is pushing for greater efforts to clamp down on terrorist content, as well as greater efforts by social media companies to stop the spread of misinformation online.
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