On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 9:26 AM Anna Mazgal <anna(a)wikimedia.be> wrote:
But looking at the imaginative policies of Orban for
example I tend not to
underestimate dictator's drive to have things their way, so depending on
what they consider as dissent, public threat, etc. The trouble is, that
once removal orders are issues, the platforms must remove content and they
do not have the option to contest them on the grounds of being absurd.
Yeah, one issue here is that the removal orders would be issued by the
national courts, which can be easily subverted by a determined government.
We have already seen Orbán abusing anti-terrorist legislation [1] and
trying to criminalize NGOs that aid refugees [2], and while the EU has some
ability to pressure local strongmen not to adopt local laws which are
intended to suppress freedom of speech, it is much less able to prevent
them from using existing EU law for that purpose.
[1]
https://www.politico.eu/article/syrian-found-guilty-of-terrorism-in-politic…
[2]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/29/hungary-criminalises-migrant-…