> Possible downside: Providers become overly cautious and pro-actively delete more than necessary. Exactly what happened in Germany when the new social media h

> Possible downside: Providers become overly cautious and pro-actively delete more than necessary. Exactly what happened in Germany when the new social media hate speech law (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz) was introduced. > He said that the NetzDG incentivizes social-media companies to “delete in doubt”—to remove any content that seems like it might be illegal […] The law leaves it up to companies like Facebook and Twitter, with their armies of moderators newly installed in Germany, to decide within 24 hours whether a post is “manifestly” illegal and remove it—a decision that would ordinarily take weeks in a German court. More: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/05/germany-facebook-afd/560435/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/05/ge...