36C3 - Content take-downs: Who cleans the internet?

https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10968-content_take-downs_who_cleans_the_internet EU plans to swipe our freedom of expression under the carpet The quest towards a “cleaner” internet continues – with “censorship machines” included in the EU Copyright Directive, upload filters proposed in the Terrorist Content Regulation, and numerous other initiatives to push dominant platforms to police online content. This talk will present the next big battles for free speech online at the European level. The next important battle for our rights and freedoms in the digital sphere is looming on the horizon. Policymakers wage war against “harmful” speech online, relying on the centralisation of the web around few platforms that function as “walled gardens”. Heated debates on upload filters recently took place around the copyright reform and the fight against online terrorist propaganda. The next challenge for our freedom of expression online is a planned update to rules that deal with illegal and “harmf