Digital Services Act: Barely Any Protection for Victims of Digital Violence
...on measures against abusive reporting and potentially unlawful deletion of content in social media. The aim is to prevent a restriction of users‘ freedom of expression. But freedom of expression is also at risk when victims of digital violence cannot enforce the deletion of defamatory and insulting content. Therefore,...
Image-based abuse is a crime – and no one helps. Stop it now!
...the society, not seeing a way out of a nightmare. 5 years and hundreds of thousands of victims later, all eyes are on Europe as it paves its way to regulate social media platforms. HateAid and Anna Nackt argue that the Digital Services Act (DSA), the new content moderation...
Unsatisfied and helpless: New Poll on Digital Violence shows how social media platforms are failing users
...our male counterparts. Already now, many women and people of colour are hesitating to run for office because of experience of sexism, hatred, violence, discrimination and racism. It is crucial that the online platforms ensure effective complain mechanisms for users and that the platforms take their responsibility to report unlawful...
Political demands
...All too often, this fails due to public prosecutors’ offices and the platforms’ unwillingness to cooperate. Legislation is needed here: platforms must be obliged to cooperate, and public prosecutors must be made aware of the relevance of digital violence. Acceptance of the internet as a place where laws apply ...
Mixed signals in the DSA
...academia and MEPs, should celebrate. The scope and consequences of image-based sexual abuse are devastating, and I am pleased that the European Parliament has taken the matter in their hands. Now it is the time for the governments and the Council to recognize significance of the issue and act by...
Boundless hate. New Europe-wide survey on digital violence shows: Online platforms fail to protect against hate and incitement online
...demands as part of the petition of the alliance, which includes Anna Nackt, Plan International Germany, bff – Bundesverband der Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauenennotrufe, neue deutsche medienmacher*innen as well as the European organizations INACH, Não Partilhes (Portugal), digitalt ansvar (Denmark), Stop Fisha (France), PantallasAmigas (Spain), Zara (Austria), BelonGTo (Ireland). More information:...
X finds loophole: Strategic lawsuit only possible in Ireland
...The two plaintiffs will appeal against the decision of the Berlin District Court to clarify, among other things, the question of whether they are consumers after all. Avital Grinberg, former president of EUJS, said: “Of course, I am also affected as a consumer. And of course I talk...
Appeal to politicians: Stop the distribution of stolen nudes on porn platforms!
...for porn platforms that would help victims, will make it into the law. That’s why we need to get active now. And we don’t have much time left. Therefore, we urgently ask for your support now! Do you want to get active against non-consensual sharing of stolen and leaked...
Boundless hate on the internet – Dramatic situation across Europe
...view of the increasing brutalization on the Internet, many people are afraid to take a stand. 43 percent of women and 35 percent of men are generally more cautious and anonymous in social media because of possible attacks. An indictment of Facebook, Twitter and Co.: Over 80% of Europeans demand...
Digital Services Act could fail millions affected by online violence
...contact points for users in each Member State, allowing for delivery of legal documents in one of the official languages of the country. At the moment users need to translate documents and deliver them to the country of establishment of the online platform. In case of Facebook – it’s Ireland,...