Posted on 09/19/2016 10:09:40 PM PDT by aquila48
After a string of high-profile cyberbullying and revenge-porn incidents, the Italian Chamber of Deputies has put forward a bill that will do nothing to prevent these abuses, and everything to allow for rampant, unaccountable censorship of the Italian internet, without rule of law or penalty for abuse.
Under the proposed law, the "site manager" of Italian media, including bloggers, newspapers and social networks would be obliged to censor "mockery" based on "the personal and social condition" of the victim -- that is, anything the recipient felt was personally insulting. The penalty for failing to take action is a fine of €100,000. Truthfulness is not a defense in suits under this law -- the standard is personal insult, not falsehood.
Let's start with what this won't do: it won't stop bullying, harassment or revenge porn in Italy. The majority of services on which Italians express themselves are not based in Italy, and those with Italian sales-offices, etc, can and will simply move offices rather than face a €100,000 fine every time someone insults someone else online.
But what it will do is create a tool for easy censorship without due process or penalty for misuse. The standard proposed in the bill is merely that the person on the receiving end of the argument feel aggrieved. Think of the abuse of copyright takedowns: online hosts already receive millions of these, more than they could possibly evaluate, and so we have a robo-takedown regime that lets the rich and powerful routinely remove material that puts them in an unflattering light.
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Muslims.
Coming to a nation near you.
oh for crying out loud. Talk about walking right into the arms of sharia law. A person can get insulted over anything.
I deplorevoli !
It was always about taking freedom away and increasing government control. Any excuse to do it is fine by them.
E troppo stupido per parole!!!!
No wonder my father and mother’s parents left.
I’m So Glad other nations will be taking control of ICANN and the Internet on Oct 01 2016!
We just don’t appreciate the Freedumbs that other countries have.
RE: “Coming to a nation near you”.
If someone insults me personally for no reason, it isn’t a reflection on me, it’s a reflection on them.
If a person continues to insult me over a period of time for no reason, then that person just just obnoxious and annoying, so I reflect on them by punching them in the face.
Seems to work pretty darn well.
The same country that is bringing in the filth by the boatload.
Beyond stupid.
That cannot happen!
But you know what? Americans are pretty resourceful. We’ll come up with something else.
BoingBoing and Cory Doctorow ? That tells me all I need to know: the article will come from a hard-left POV. . . .
So is it bullying if I mention that Italy and its banks are completely and totally bankrupt and the country’s economy is on the verge of a fatal nosedive?
Just asking...
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