Labour MP pushing to slip 6-hour limit to kill illegal online content into Counter-Terror Bill

guest · Jun 27, 2018

Labour MP pushing to slip 6-hour limit to kill illegal online content into Counter-Terror Bill
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June 27, 2018
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/..._illegal_content_in_six_hours_says_labour_mp/

Taking a leaf out of Germany's playbook, Stephen Doughty, a member of the Home Affairs Committee, wants to enshrine in law how search engines and social media platforms should deal with illegal content.

In an amendment tabled to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill (PDF, NC1 on 6), Doughty proposes adding a clause that calls on search engines, video and image sharing platforms, and social media to remove or block illegal content within six hours of it being identified internally, or within 24 hours of the firm receiving an external complaint.

At an event earlier this year, Karim Palant, UK public policy manager for Facebook, described the German model as "clumsy and ineffective", saying the "net effect" of threatening fines – with no equivalent pressure to protect legal speech – would be "huge erring on the side of caution".
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mirimir · Jun 27, 2018

UK is jumping the gun here, but I gather that stuff like this is coming for the EU.

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