Thursday 1 March 2018

EDiMA's reaction to the EC Recommendation on Tackling Illegal Content Online - EDiMA

EDiMA's reaction to the EC Recommendation on Tackling Illegal Content Online - EDiMA: "EDiMA* is dismayed by the European Commission’s decision not to engage in crucial dialogues and fact-finding discussions with stakeholders before issuing the Recommendation on Tackling Illegal Content Online today, and regrets that it is a missed opportunity for valuable evidence-based policy making.

EDiMA acknowledges the importance of these issues but feels the need to highlight the fact that the industry has been rising to the challenge.

Overall success in tackling terrorism both online and offline is dependent on partnership and collaboration, and our sector has shown leadership in this regard through the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism and wishes to highlight that valuable collaboration is underway via the Hash Sharing Database.

Our sector accepts the urgency but needs to balance the responsibility to protect users while upholding fundamental rights – a one-hour turn-around time in such cases could harm the effectiveness of service providers’ take-down systems rather than help." 'via Blog this'

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