Rushing to Judgment: Are Short Mandatory Takedown Limits for Online Hate Speech Compatible with The Freedom of Expression?
…David Kaye. Kaye expressed his concern about the short timeframe given to “comply with the sub-contracted human rights responsibilities that fall on platforms by virtue of State mandates on takedown”. Such developments enhance the pressure on social media platforms quickly to remove speech. Indicative of this argument is the trend of increased removals of alleged hate speech. For example, between January and March 2020, YouTube removed 107,174 vid…