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According to the article, "the UN believes that online platforms should be (a) generally responsible for the actions of their users and (b) specifically respons
by jwess 11y ago
According to the article, "the UN believes that online platforms should be (a) generally responsible for the actions of their users and (b) specifically responsible for making sure those people aren’t harassers."
Many websites already have problems with flippant takedown notices through the DMCA. This article leads me to believe that the UN wants to apply a similar process to eliminate "harassment", which is a fairly nebulous term. The benefits of this proposal seem minuscule, while the costs of making "online platforms generally responsible for the actions of their users" would be enormous. Why would anyone think this is a good idea?
- Rusky 11y agoPoints a and b in that quote actually sound eminently reasonable to me. Online forums already have moderators to make sure discussion stays civil, and it sounds like a good idea to include "prevent people from organizing stalking and SWATting campaigns" in that.
- radu_floricica 11y agoThe problem isn't if it's a good idea to moderate forums. Problem is when it becomes a liability not to. The possibility of fines, lawsuits or god forbid prison time can have the kind of chilling effects we can't even imagine.
- Rusky 11y agoNo, the problem is whether to moderate forums- it's not happening and when people try to come up with codes of conduct so they can moderate better, there's a huge outcry. It would be fine if we had better moderation in more places, even without any laws. But even that's not happening.
- oldmanjay 11y agoThat huge outcry isn't going to go away no matter how patiently a censor explains that censorship is good for everyone