It was thought to have died, but this week week it was given a new lease of life. This is the Notice and Action directive which will regulate take-down requests to Google, FaceBook and other online content platforms, and which is now set to come back onto the EU policy agenda. This was revealed on Tuesday in the European Parliament by Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier, who is responsible for the dossier. […]
Michel Barnier acknowledged that notice and action directive is “a sensitive issue, linked to fundamental rights on which there are some very divided opinions” (Notice and action: the EU Commission’s Damocles moment). Nevertheless, he stated that “it goes without saying that we must make certain that unlawful content and not lawful content, is taken down within a framework of clear, fair and transparent procedures, with full respect for fundamental rights”. Of course, that can be interpreted whichever way you wish, depending on whether you are industry or citizen, but the important point is that it is there at all. This is a significant change from previous Commission policy. […]
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