Dear All,
Civil Liberties committee has just adopted MEP Dalton's
compromises as the report on the Regulation on preventing the
dissemination of terrorist content online. There are some
amendments added that require further analysis but the key
changes are positive:
1. Improvements on definition of terrorist content with
exclusions to artistic, journalistic, educational and research
purposes
2. Specific measures referring to platforms receiving a
substantial number of removal orders; the regulation applies
to those that make content available to the public (so a
positive limitation)
3. Referrals removed from the proposal with a caveat that
Europol referrals should be taken as a priority by platforms
when content is flagged (in recital)
4. Specific measures steer away from content filtering and
forbid general monitoring.
Unfortunately, the 1h deadline for removing content has
been sustained. Interestingly, Rapporteur Dalton called out
the European Commission on not understanding the democratic
parliamentary process, applying pressure on quick adoption of
the file and dismissing debate on controversial issues as
unnecessary and going against the goals of the regulation. It
is quite a serious accusation as the EC is not supposed to
pressure MEPs that way.
After the text is published we will have a more in-depth
analysis of other changes and how the whole proposal could
affect Wikimedia. The vote in the plenary is planned for next
week. After that - the trilogues.
Happy to take on any questions you may have regarding the
report.
best wishes,
Anna
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Anna
Mazgal
EU
Policy Advisor
Wikimedia
anna@wikimedia.be
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