[Manila Principles] Manila Principles & Broadband Commission VAWG report

[Tamir Israel]

Agreed. Even if there may be some room for cautious regulation of
'violent words', making intermediaries responsible for enforcing that
regulation is a big mistake and will have significant negative
implications. Telcos and search engines are simply not the ones to carry
out these policies. And forcing them to supervise all content on their
services is not the way to solve any problems there might be.

Best,
Tamir

On 9/29/2015 1:23 PM, kyungsinpark wrote:
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> I only read the highlights.  I think it is okay to sensitize people
> away from flaming but criminally punishing them for using “violent
> words” must be done with care but the report highlights do not seem to
> make that distinction.  FYI, we here in Korea have tried to limit (or
> establish) any hate speech regulation as an appendage of
> anti-discrimination laws, in an effort to obtain the difficult balance
> between FOX and equality.  I second on both Gabrielle’s and Jeremy’s
> ideas going forward. 
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> On 29/09/2015 1:06 am, gabrielle at article19.org
> <mailto:gabrielle at article19.org> wrote:
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>     ARTICLE 19 has been in touch with UNESCO to flag our concerns
>     regarding the implications of the report for intermediary
>     liability (despite the fact that the Manila Principles are cited
>     in the report at page 26). The recommendation for government
>     bodies to use their licensing prerogative to ensure that "only
>     those telecoms and search engines are allowed to connect with the
>     public that supervise content and its dissemination" is
>     particularly problematic (see page 48):
>     http://broadbandcommission.org/Documents/reports/bb-wg-gender-report2015.pdf 
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>     We've also suggested to UNESCO a joint event on 'gender-based hatred'.
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>     Happy to discuss this further.
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