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Carsten Ullrich

Twitter to ask users to rethink abusive messages - a promising step towards 'slowcial m... - 0 views

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social media twitter duty of care regulation

shared by Carsten Ullrich on 30 May 21 - Cached
  • All this seems to suggest that social media platforms are a unique environment where individuals post with little prior consideration as to whether that post could offend or upset others.
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hate speech NetzDG Germany internet intermediary social media online platform regulation

shared by Carsten Ullrich on 24 Mar 20 - Cached
  • new measures are designed to make it easier to identify hate crime on the Internet. In future, platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will not only be able to delete posts that incite hatred or contain death threats, but also report them to the authorities, along with the user’s IP address.
  • ossibility of extending the scope of the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz
  • new rules on hate crime will be added to the German Strafgesetzbuch (Criminal Code), while the definition of existing offences will be amended to take into account the specific characteristics of the Internet.
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      Carsten Ullrich on 24 Mar 20
       
      internet specific normative considerations?
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The battle against disinformation is global - Scott Shackelford | Inforrm's Blog - 0 views

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disinformation social media

shared by Carsten Ullrich on 24 Mar 20 - No Cached
  • the EU is spending more money on combating disinformation across the board by hiring new staff with expertise in data mining and analytics to respond to complaints and proactively detect disinformation
  • EU also seems to be losing patience with Silicon Valley. It pressured social media giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter to sign the Code of Practice on Disinformation in 2018.
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duty of care disinformation social media eu self-regulation transparency

shared by Carsten Ullrich on 24 Mar 20 - No Cached
  • elf-assessment reports submitted by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Twitter
  • bserved that “[a]ll platform signatories deployed policies and systems to ensure transparency around political advertising, including a requirement that all political ads be clearly labelled as sponsored content and include a ‘paid for by’ disclaimer.”
  • While some of the platforms have gone to the extent of banning political ads, the transparency of issue-based advertising is still significantly neglected.
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  • inauthentic behaviour, including the suppression of millions of fake accounts and the implementation of safeguards against malicious automated activities.
  • more granular information is needed to better assess malicious behaviour specifically targeting the EU and the progress achieved by the platforms to counter such behaviour.”
  • several tools have been developed to help consumers evaluate the reliability of information sources, and to open up access to platform data for researchers.
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      Carsten Ullrich on 24 Mar 20
       
      one element of a technical standard, degree of providing consumer with transparent to content assessment tools, transparency still lagging!
  • platforms have not demonstrated much progress in developing and implementing trustworthiness indicators in collaboration with the news ecosystem”, and “some consumer empowerment tools are still not available in most EU Member States.”
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Online Harms: Government publishes response to consultation, Ofcom to be given powers t... - 0 views

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Uk online platform regulation duty of care

shared by Carsten Ullrich on 07 Jan 21 - Cached
  • A small group of companies with the largest online presence and high-risk features, which is likely to include Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Twitter, will be in Category 1, while Category 2 services include platforms that host dating services or pornography and private messaging apps. The Government has said that less than 3% of UK businesses will fall within the scope of the legislation and the vast majority of companies that do will be Category 2 services, the UK government.
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