…neral limitation clauses contained in the udhr. Article 7 ensures equality before the law and protects specifically against incitement to discrimination, while Article 29 includes a general limitation clause according to which the rights in the udhr may be limited, inter alia, for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others. The drafting of Article 7 started in the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of D…
…ntent, such as expressing the support for a controversial candidate in the abstract. On average, more than 56% of the removed comments fall into this category. Out of all the deleted comments, the percentage of illegal comments fluctuates significantly among the pages and channels and countries. The highest proportion is found in France, where it accounts for 7.9% on Facebook pages and 12.5% on YouTube. In Germany, this fraction is markedly lower,…
…the DSA included fears that the Internet and social media platforms would become overrun with hate and illegal content. In 2020, leading EU Commissioner Thierry Breton asserted, “the Internet cannot remain a ‘Wild West’.” The DSA therefore sought to create “clear and transparent rules, a predictable environment and balanced rights and obligations.” In a similar vein, President Emmanuel Macron warned in 2018 about “torrents of hate coming over the…
…to be criminally sanctionable. Remember to write clearly and distinctly before you click on the link that THE SELLER WAS A FUCKING JEW 24.9% were either disdainful or extremely disdainful. Is she CRAZY … and NOW THAT EGO BITCH SHOULDN’T GO AROUND THINKING she is much of anything……. “- I’m not exposing myself to a dangerous disease because you may have a bad habit, she says…SO GO TO HELL 39.7% of the deleted comments were general expressions of…
…nly a very small number of them (0.46 %) were objectively illegal. It must be added that these numbers are subject to some uncertainty in relation to the representativity of the selected comments and in relation to the number of illegal comments found. In absolute numbers, we are talking about a considerable quantity of illegal comments that, despite content moderation, are found on the Danish Facebook pages investigated (estimated 4,149 comments…
…he internet, and that “significant monitoring and speech control are inevitable components of a mature and flourishing internet, and governments must play a large role in these practices to ensure that the internet is compatible with a society’s norms and values.” But is this conclusion the only one available from the fallout of the coronavirus crisis? Or are there other ways to ensure a mature and flourishing internet, where free speech and publi…
…we discuss: whether social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube been paragons of responsibility or the lapdogs of censorious governments when it comes to content moderation? if the current crisis justifies lowering the threshold for when content is deemed “harmful” or should we be even more vigilant about keeping stuff up and accessible? are there specific problems in the policy of following the guidelines of health authorities like…
…edie- og Journalisthøjskole Marc Schack, Ph.d.-studerende ved det Juridiske Fakultet, KU. Bloggen vil være dynamisk og vil løbende søge at udvide med nye relevante bloggere og dermed også fagområder. Bloggen vil til dagligt blive faciliteret af Danmarks juridiske tænketank – Justitia – men er ikke en del af tænketanken. For spørgsmål vedr. bloggen, kontakt da: Anders Henriksen, anders.henriksen@jur.ku.dk og Jacob Mchangama, jacob@justitia-int.org,…
…overfor danskere. Hør indslaget her: https://www.dr.dk/radio/p1/orientering/orientering-2020-12-23/00:09:11 Senere i udsendelsen inddrages Jacobs kritik i indslag med: Astrid Haug: https://www.dr.dk/radio/p1/orientering/orientering-2020-12-23/00:40:34 Kristian Heegaard: https://www.dr.dk/radio/p1/orientering/orientering-2020-12-23/01:05:33…
…of the Report The nature of the available data does not allow direct and exact comparisons between the different jurisdictions studied in the report. Still, even when allowing for this shortcoming, all the surveyed domestic legal authorities took significantly longer than the time mandated for social media platforms to answer the question of whether the relevant content was lawful or not. As compared to the short time frames granted to platforms –…
