{"id":5472,"date":"2020-12-14T14:51:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/?p=5472"},"modified":"2020-12-14T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:32:15","slug":"summary-of-greens-efa-proposal-for-the-digital-services-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/summary-of-greens-efa-proposal-for-the-digital-services-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Greens\/EFA proposal for the Digital Services Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REGULATION ON A NOTICE AND ACTION MECHANISM AND CONTENT MODERATION PROCEDURES<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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WHAT IS THE AIM OF OUR PROPOSAL?<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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The internet is an empowering tool that allows us to communicate globally, meet each other, build networks, join forces, access information and culture, and express and spread political opinions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Unfortunately, platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok filter and moderate with a lot of collateral damage: too often, hateful content, especially targeting minority groups, remains online. On the other hand, legitimate posts, videos, accounts, and ads are removed, and the platforms make it difficult to contest. This has serious implications for freedom of expression online. To make our internet safer and more democratic, we need clear rules on how platforms should handle content and better protect our fundamental rights online. New procedural rules could help ensure that illegal content gets taken down while legal content stays up.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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The Greens\/EFA\u2019s proposal comes up with the first comprehensive set of rules for online platforms and how they should deal with illegal content and introduces safeguards for content moderation under their terms and conditions. This proposal, which was drafted in a collaborative process with experts and civil society organisations, is what we would like to see in the upcoming EU Digital Services Act.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Among the solutions, the proposal suggests introducing a right to notify, a right to receive a counter-notice, specific complaint and redress mechanisms, stronger transparency obligations, and a new independent dispute settlement mechanism for content moderation issues.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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SCOPE <\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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The proposal should apply to online platforms providing information society services targeting the EU market. It will be independent of the establishment or registration, or principle place of business of information services; Non-commercial services or services that have fewer than 100.000 monthly active users will be exempt from the proposal.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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KEY POINTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Citizens\u2019 rights<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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The proposal provides for new rights and gives citizens more control over online content. These include:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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