https://www.article19.org/resources/meta-prioritise-human-rights-not-politics/
There are people who seem very confused about how to respond to Zuckerberg here, particularly regarding whether this is a serious attempt to deal with issues pertaining to free expression or not. #FreeSpeech
"we are puzzled by Mark Zuckerberg’s assertion that Europe has enacted an ‘ever-increasing number of laws institutionalizing censorship’."
"Europe" has done that. TERREG, DSA, and more. #FreeSpeech
The Terror Regulation (TERREG) demands rapid takedowns of "terroristic content".
It was criticized by civil society as likely to lead to takedowns of legitimate content (i.e. journalism). It was noted that comparatively speaking, terroristic content is very rare. There was a recent case in the U.S. Supreme Court (Twitter v Taamneh) which touched upon similar issues. #FreeSpeech
While it's unclear to me whether the DMA drives censorship, it's very likely the DSA does. Masnick criticized it, noting it's potentially broad sweep. These two laws were passed in the same package.
If we include country level laws, there are even more. #FreeSpeech
The OSBs are an assault on free expression. The German NetzDG has long been panned for driving over-enforcement from firms. I saw an estimate that 99% of removals were for legitimate content. German media authorities have been known to push for removals of swathes of legitimate content. #FreeSpeech
One can question whether Zuckerberg's move here is serious, but one also has to be wary of inadvertently giving a defence to censorship. #FreeSpeech
