Hate on the Internet: the European Commission raises its voice

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The European Commission wants to see any terrorist content on the internet deleted within one hour of being reported by the authorities.

The European Commission urges digital platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, to remove "terrorist content" within 24 hours of being reported. As part of a code of conduct established two years ago, the giants of the web were already committed to "examine" hate speech in one day.
The European Commission is tightening the grip on digital platforms. The institution wants to see any "terrorist content" on the Internet deleted within an hour of being reported by the authorities, she asked Thursday, March 1 as part of recommendations to industry players to fight against illegal content online . As terrorist content is "the most harmful during the first hours of its online publication, all companies must delete such content within one hour of its report as a rule," said the spokesman. European executive in a statement.

The report in question must come from the authorities, police for example, said the Commission, which also calls on companies to set up automatic detection tools.

The European institution has also made recommendations to online platforms to improve the fight against hate speech, child pornography or counterfeiting. As usual, the Commission has stressed that it reserves the right to put binding legislation on the table if all its recommendations are not followed.

"Online platforms are becoming the main gateway to information, so it is up to them to provide a safe environment for their users," Andrus Ansip, Vice President of the Commission, told reporters. the digital single market.

"What is illegal offline is also illegal online," he added, presenting the "operational measures" recommended by the Commission against "all forms of illegal content".

Critical lack of information to users
Companies are expected to put in place clearer reporting procedures for users for all "illegal content".

The European Commission still wants more companies to join the EU's "Code of Conduct Against Hate Speech", which Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft have already been committed to respecting for nearly two years, and more recently Instagram and Google+.

In the latest assessment of this initiative, carried out at the end of January, the Commission considered that these companies were "increasingly better off their commitments to eliminate the majority of illegal hate speech within 24 hours". However, she regretted "the lack of systematic feedback to users