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Regular courts are already responsible. They can and do order illegal content to be removed, accounts blocked and users punished. Some new legislation in Germa
by corty 5y ago
Regular courts are already responsible. They can and do order illegal content to be removed, accounts blocked and users punished.
Some new legislation in Germany requires Facebook to also proactively remove posts from users that have been reported and are "obviously" illegal, even without waiting for a court order.
But Facebook goes even beyond that and uses standards that are stricter than current laws, and processes that are simpler, harsher and stricter than the usual court proceedings. The court judgement in the article limited that practice a bit.
You may be right in that the legislation described in the second paragraph requiring Facebook to be proactive may be expanded. I do find this tendency unfortunate, because free speech is put in the hands of a private for-profit entity that is by law required to be very quick about its judgements.