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<p>Hi all and thanks Brian for the link to this nytimes article. It
is truly alarming, the amount of harm one person with a grudge can
inflict under the current way content is managed (or not managed)
on the Internet. Anybody find themselves caught in this kind of
attack. It is truly scary.</p>
<p>No one wants to handcuff the Internet, but I think states are
starting to wake up to the need to do something to curb such
abuses. The EU is currently updating it's e-Commerce directive
with something call the Digital Services Act (DSA). Some members
of the EU Some member EU states are also working on their own
versions of such legislation. Hopefully it will be the start to
curbing this kind of abuse.</p>
<p> I have excepted a small explanation. Bolding is mine. The full
document, which is an ICANN briefing on this issue is available
there is anyone wants to read further</p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ge-004-15jul20-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ge-004-15jul20-en.pdf</a><br>
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<p>What will the DSA likely contain?
The DSA will not prescribe what illegal content is. That decision
will remain with member
states. Rather, it will put in place a system, the “notice and
action” mechanism, to ensure that
online services have similar processes to remove content flagged
as illegal. Key principles of
the e-Commerce Directive will most likely be maintained in the
DSA. Website hosts and “digital
lockers” will not have “editorial responsibility” or be made
responsible for users’ content; and
EU member states will continue to be banned from forcing platforms
to have general
monitoring obligations on content.<b><br>
</b></p>
<p><b>However, large platforms may be considered to have a special
responsibility and could be
subject to additional rules, either through legislation or
additional self-regulation/co-regulation.
</b>This could be the case for content such as disinformation
(“fake news”). The EU is conscious
of the difficulty in balancing the desire to remove unwanted
content with freedom of
expression. It is therefore likely to limit its intervention to
disinformation that has malicious
intent designed to deceive the public or polarize public opinion,
for example, through
coordinated disinformation campaigns by state and non-state
actors. <br>
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<p>.... The European Commission has launched an open consultation,
asking organizations and the
public about the proposed approach. The consultation includes
questions on digital service
providers’ experience with removing the sale of illegal goods
online; their experience with
illegal content during the COVID-19 crisis; how services approach
harmful but not illegal
content, including disinformation, cyberbullying, and violence
against women online; and the
systems introduced by digital services to report unwanted content</p>
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<p>Marita<br>
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sure makes it difficult when I read of how it is now being
used for such disruptive and vengeful activities as this NY
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<div dir="auto">I think it’s called the war on
information! No doubt whoever controls informative
controls us! Like the war on drugs it’s going to be
messy and don’t expect governments to come to your
rescue. They are just as vulnerable as we are. Education
and persistence are two weapons we have but it has to be
a combination of both to prevent attacks on all of us.
;-D<br>
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<p>Hello advisors. There can be no doubt that it
is a turbulent world out there right now -- and
the Internet, as the world's critical
communications medium, is also experiencing an
increase in potential disruptions. The author of
this article, W<span
style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a
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moz-do-not-send="true">olfgang Kleinwächter</a>,
Professor Emeritus at the University of Aarhus</span><span
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</span><span>is a member of the Global
Commission on Stability in Cyberspace, was a
member of the ICANN Board (2013 – 2015) and
served as Special Ambassador for the Net
Mundial Initiative (2014 – 2016).</span> It is
a great overview of Internet-related activities
around the world that we might want to be aware
of -- especially around the issue of
fragmentation.<br>
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<p><span>"... if somebody would have expected that
the Covid-19-Disaster is a wake-up call for
the world to be more united, work hand in
hand, and pool resources reducing risks of a
borderless threat, this "somebody" was wrong.
2020 was dominated by "My country first." The
global cyberspace was filled with building new
barriers, widening old gaps, growing mistrust,
nasty cyberattacks, more cybercrime and the
first Internet-based drone-war in the
Caucasian mountains. What about 2021? Will the
pendulum swing back? Or will the digital
cacophony continue to grow in a splintering
Internet?"</span></p>
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