Australia: EU Reaches Hate Speech Deal With Facebook, Twitter, Youtube And Microsoft

Australia: EU Reaches Hate Speech Deal With Facebook, Twitter, Youtube And Microsoft

Australia / junio de 2016 / Australian Herald

Resumen: A la luz de sus esfuerzos para acabar con el discurso de odio en línea ilegal en el continente, la Unión Europea dijo que había llegado a un acuerdo con las compañías estadounidenses en línea para abordar el problema de manera efectiva. Según el acuerdo, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube y Microsoft revisarán y acabar con el contenido marcado un plazo de 24 horas sobre la base de un nuevo conjunto de normas que tienen por objeto poner fin al racismo, la violencia y el contenido ilegal de ir en línea viral.
Companies will train staff to handle illegal online hate speech in the future
LONDON, U.K. – In light of its efforts to crack down on illegal online hate speech in the continent, the European Union said that it had reached an agreement with U.S. online companies to tackle the problem effectively.
According to the deal, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft will review and take down flagged content within 24 hours based on a new set of rules that are aimed at putting a stop on racism, violence and illegal content from going viral online.
The companies have further pledged to tackle the problem by training their staff to handle online hate speech by promoting “independent counter-narratives.”
The narratives will reportedly include content that would promote tolerance, non-discrimination and respect.
In the official press statement, Vera Jourova, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality said, “The recent terror attacks have reminded us of the urgent need to address illegal online hate speech. Social media is unfortunately one of the tools that terrorist groups use to radicalise young people and racist use to spread violence and hatred. This agreement is an important step forward to ensure that the internet remains a place of free and democratic expression, where European values and laws are respected. I welcome the commitment of worldwide IT companies to review the majority of valid notifications for removal of illegal hate speech in less than 24 hours and remove or disable access to such content, if necessary.»
Governments in Europe have been battling a surge in “anti-semitic, anti-immigrant and pro-Islamic State commentary on social media” for months now.
While Facebook has claimed that it already reviews millions of pieces of reported content each week, Google’s transparency report had earlier stated that since 2014 the company had reviewed 1,522,636 Internet addresses, or URLs – 43 percent of which had been taken down.
Twitter meanwhile had reportedly removed all pages linked to terrorist groups earlier this year.
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