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…ethnic and religious minorities, LGBT+ people, the disabled and women, the commission proposed making hate speech a crime under EU law, giving Brussels the power to define hate speech throughout the 27 member states. Various forms of hate speech are already prohibited in all European democracies, but commission vice-president Věra Jourová explained, “Hate has no place in Europe. It goes against our fundamental values and principles. We need EU act…
…ethnic and religious minorities, LGBT+ people, the disabled and women, the commission proposed making hate speech a crime under EU law, giving Brussels the power to define hate speech throughout the 27 member states. Various forms of hate speech are already prohibited in all European democracies, but commission vice-president Věra Jourová explained, “Hate has no place in Europe. It goes against our fundamental values and principles. We need EU act…
…court fined the applicant the equivalent of 510 Euros considering his joke/comments as insulting. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court upheld this decision. Interestingly, in doing so, it relied on the ECtHR’s case of Žugić v. Croatia (2011) which did not involve contempt of court because of comments/remarks/jokes but contempt of court due to the absence of the defendant due to car trouble. Simić paid the fine in 2018. He made an appeal t…
…court fined the applicant the equivalent of 510 Euros considering his joke/comments as insulting. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court upheld this decision. Interestingly, in doing so, it relied on the ECtHR’s case of Žugić v. Croatia (2011) which did not involve contempt of court because of comments/remarks/jokes but contempt of court due to the absence of the defendant due to car trouble. Simić paid the fine in 2018. He made an appeal t…
…d on their platforms. “We need to call time on the Wild West online,” said committee chair Damian Collins. “What’s illegal offline should be regulated online.” The draft law, which will be submitted to the British parliament in 2022, is aimed at penalizing companies that allow content relating to crimes like child abuse and online harassment; news reports and free expression groups have flagged similar efforts in Kazakhstan, Australia, Indonesia,…
…d on their platforms. “We need to call time on the Wild West online,” said committee chair Damian Collins. “What’s illegal offline should be regulated online.” The draft law, which will be submitted to the British parliament in 2022, is aimed at penalizing companies that allow content relating to crimes like child abuse and online harassment; news reports and free expression groups have flagged similar efforts in Kazakhstan, Australia, Indonesia,…
…world’s best hope for weeding out extremism on mainstream social media is coming from Europe, and specifically from two new laws—the Online Safety Act from the United Kingdom and Digital Services Act from the European Union.” These regulatory efforts follow in the footsteps of the German Network Enforcement Act of 2017 and oblige online platforms to remove illegal content, including categories such as hate speech and glorification of terrorism, o…
…NetzDG forneceu um plano de censura na internet que está sendo usado para combater a dissidência e o pluralismo”, acusa Jacob Mchangama, Diretor Executivo da Justitia e coautor do relatório. Losely translated: Having been the first toughest regulation on social networks in a democratic country, NetzDG has become a reference around the world. According to a survey by the Danish research center Justitia , at least 13 countries and the European Unio…
…world’s best hope for weeding out extremism on mainstream social media is coming from Europe, and specifically from two new laws—the Online Safety Act from the United Kingdom and Digital Services Act from the European Union.” These regulatory efforts follow in the footsteps of the German Network Enforcement Act of 2017 and oblige online platforms to remove illegal content, including categories such as hate speech and glorification of terrorism, o…
