I join Edward in rejecting your proposal. Can I give you a very clear example relative to today? <div><br></div><div>The Reddit community took it upon themselves a few months ago to highlight their own perceptions about religious fanaticism. This took the form of satire, jokes, and innuendo. All of which would have been considered free speech in the west, and very easily would have been interpreted as being <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"> hatred against religions around the world by others. I have shared some of those materials that Reddit community came up with on my FB page. I personally am atheist and believe in free speech first and foremost as a way to openly discuss and diffuse fanaticism in the world. The notion that I could make a joke, upload a meme or make a video, and that "could lead to terrorism" as a consequence is not my fault, nor is it any social media platforms. It is the terrorist, no-one else's. </font></span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">I think it is a noble idea that you want to rid what you see as the triggers of violence, but the notion of filtering software and hardware scanning all of my uploads for what someone at Facebook pre-programs (normally in relation to Californian and American values) is so frightening to me that I would leave FB immediately for a lesser known platform, and then the platform would lose people like me who seek to comment, diffuse and debate fanaticism! It is a precarious circle, but I find your solution counter-productive. </font></span></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Edward Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.morris@alumni.usc.edu" target="_blank">edward.morris@alumni.usc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>First, not every country does have cyberlaw for their own territory. Many countries are making it up as they go along.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Two, having two hundred plus laws for every post makes it a bit difficult to...well, have any post.</div><div><br></div><div>Three, Facebook has a real name policy. It has selective enforcement. It pretty much stinks. That's why I prefer VK as my social media site. Based in Russia, VK really doesn't try to be a police force.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Bertrand de la Chapelle has a great project exploring some of these issues, internet and Jurisdiction ( <a href="http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.internetjurisdiction.net</a> ). He's concerned, as am I, about social media companies Terms of Service (ToS) being de facto Constitutions. Rebecca MacKinnons <i>Consent of the Governed</i>...fantastic book about, in part, the danger of rule by private ToS. She's particularly concerned, as are many of us, about the incremental loss of anonymity online by things like real name policies...and seemingly proposals like yours.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Do you by any chance mean "Picture upload should be banned"...I don't think you are calling for everyone to scan and upload pictures if they have pornographic contents etc. Although I'd prefer that to the banning option.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Were you aware that pornography is the second most popular use of the internet (it used to be number one but those social media sites have replaced them)? Porn users have rights too. I happen to live at times in jurisdictions that do not have hate crime laws, sharia law and the like. I'm perfectly happy with the free speech I have there.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Congratulations on Indonesia's Facebook status. Was there a wider point here? I think of the tens of thousands of Indonesians who bought Lady Gaga tickets the minute they went on sale in Indonesia...against the tens or hundreds of people protesting the Innocence of Mohammed.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Your proposal to hold social media sites responsible for content loaded by it's members is dangerous and must be rejected in whole. That would effectively end social media as we know it. I would encourage this Constituency to join me in respectfully rejecting your proposal in it's entirety.</div>
</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:21 AM, rusdiah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rusdiah@rad.net.id" target="_blank">rusdiah@rad.net.id</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Facebook should enforce their policy:<br>
1. Picture upload by a person... the person should be accountable
for any pictures upload.<br>
2. Picture upload should be scanned if it has pornographic
contents, child pornography, lead to terorism, hatred against
race, religions and so on...<br>
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Here Facebook should be accountable... where ever they
operate..since every country now has Cyberlaw for their own
territory. Indonesia now ranks four of FB user in the world.<br>
So not only gain profit from advertisement, but also accountable
for its content loaded by its member.<br>
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Regards,<br>
regards, rudi rusdiah - apwkomitel - indonesia<br>
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On 09/25/2012 08:35 PM, Mark Leiser wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I actually wrote about this the other day on my FB
page. Frightening. I don't know what I expected, but thought more
from the fine folks at the EU.
<div>Most puzzling and shocking is the demand that "Social Media
Platforms should ensure users upload a real picture of
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<div>Talk about mission creepy! </div>
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<div>Mark Leiser</div>
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<div>It seems that people who want to control the
Internet always need an excuse to explain their
actions. It used to be that they used stopping child
porn. It seems this is changing to fighting
terrorism.</div>
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