France passes law requiring online platforms to remove hate speech content within 24 hours – TechCrunch
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The lower house of the French Parliament has voted in favor of a controversial law against hate speech on social networks and online platforms. As I have described last year
What do they mean by illegal content? Basically, anything that is considered a crime or a crime in the offline world is now considered illegal content when it comes to an online platform. Among others, one could think of death threats, discrimination, denial of the Holocaust …
For the most extreme categories, terrorist content and child pornography, online platforms must respond in less than an hour.
As online hate speech has gotten out of hand, many fear that online platforms will censor content too quickly. Businesses don't want to risk a fine, so they can delete the incessant content just because they're not sure.
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Essentially, online platforms need to be regulated. The government then checks whether it is doing a good job or not. "It's like bank regulators. They check that the banks have effective systems in place and check these systems. I think that's how we have to think about it", m & # 39; a says French Minister of Digital, Cédric O, in an interview last year
There are several levels of fines. It starts at hundreds of thousands of euros, but can reach up to 4% of the company's annual revenue worldwide with severe cases. The Superior council of the audio-visual (CSA) is the regulator in charge of these files.
Germany has already approved a similar regulation and discussions are underway at European Union level.