Privatizing censorship in fight against extremism is risk to press freedom
https://www.cpj.org/blog/2015/10/privatizing-censorship-in-fight-against-extremism-.php
Despite this, some governments are seeking to hold
social media firms responsible for the monitoring and removal of
content. A July meeting of the U.N. Security Council
Counter-Terrorism Committee called for Internet platforms to be
held liable for hosting or indexing extremist content. And with
the so-called right to be forgotten ruling in the EU, Internet
and telecommunications intermediaries are increasingly being
called on to act as editors of the Web, as CPJ's report
"Balancing Act: Press Freedom at Risk as EU Struggles to Match
Action with Values," found. Intermediary liability threatens
innovation and free expression by placing the burden of
monitoring content on neutral third party hosts, which is why
CPJ supports reforms contained in the Manila Principles on
Intermediary Liability, a set of recommended best practices
prepared in coalition with leading press freedom and technology
policy organizations and individuals.
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