PARIS (AFP) – Racism, denial, apology of terrorism against the onslaught on the canvas of videos, articles and hate messages, governments are seeking new ways of action to combat impunity, educate Internet giants and empower the net.
“We define the Internet as a global conversation without end, it is up to us to say that it can not proceed without limit. Technical progress is not neutral or virtuous by nature. It must be placed at the service of the values gives a company, “explained the Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira fence Sunday for the first sitting of the fight against hate on the Internet organized by the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF).
On this day, government officials, associations and net company representatives have initiated a dialogue to try to reconcile their views.
Side powers Public Christiane Taubira wants to strengthen the legal arsenal to act more effectively against the perpetrators of racist or anti-Semitic and better empower hosting providers and ISPs. The Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve went last week in Silicon Valley to try to convince the major operators of the Internet.
“The offenses recognized in the public space must be able to l ‘be on the internet, “declared the Minister of Justice, while acknowledging the difficulty of the task facing the giants of the net primarily based in the United States, but also in Ireland and Luxembourg, and thus circumvent French law.
“To reinforce this sense of impunity, we must strengthen the role of public power and extend its activities at European and international level,” the Minister said.
“L self-regulation by the major operators of the net does not work because they have no economic interest that it works, “said Gilles Clavreul, Interministerial Delegate to the fight against racism and anti-Semitism.
“We have fallen behind major technological developments. We now need to get legal domicile of the net players in France,” the warden said. An essential requirement for simplicity possible prosecution. A text is being prepared, it will bypass the European principle that recognizes freedom of installation business
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Today police stations , hear complaints, are forced to send email inquiries in English in the United States to try to characterize a crime, reported Axelle Lemaire, Secretary of State for digital.
to act more quickly against the excesses, Christiane Taubira also like to entrust to the administrative authority the power to block racist or anti-Semitic sites as already exists for child pornography sites and, since November, for the glorification of terrorism.
It also intends to encourage group actions to allow victims of racist or anti-Semitic act together to justice.
To alert on illegal Internet content, government site reporting “Pharos” was strengthened in 2013. But the platform which recorded 41% of reports and more in two years is little known to the general public and criticized for its lack of resources by anti-racist organizations.
a group of lawyers decided to lend a hand and has just launched a private site “denounce hate on the Internet” to help users convict the perpetrators of hate or racist language by providing complaint forms to complete and send to the floor.
“But, do not just legal, it must also do educational work, digital education to awaken the critical spirit,” said Sacha Reingewirtz President UEJF that occurs in schools with the “Coexist” program include “deconstruct prejudices often carried by the complotistes speech on the internet.”
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