Real Power, Real Outcomes, Realpolitik - Law, Borders, and Speech Conference

Описание: Real Power, Real Outcomes, Realpolitik - Law, Borders, and Speech Conference - 10.24.2016 - Stanford Center for Internet and Society

Sometimes, the most powerful forces shaping Internet content removal decisions don’t come from the law. Companies’ own discretionary Terms of Service or Community Guidelines often prohibit far more speech than the law does. How do these discretionary rules relate to national law -- do they effectively displace it? Does public pressure from powerful countries, including their governments, shape content policies applied to speech around the world? The Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner has said that states exercise authority - and must respect limitations grounded in human rights - when they pressure private Internet platforms to “voluntarily” remove content. Is this really a legal issue, or only a political one?

Anupam Chander - Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis
Juniper Downs - Global Head of Policy, YouTube

Min Jiang - Associate Professor of Communication, UNC Charlotte; Secretariat Member, Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC)

Peter Stern - Policy Manager for Product Policy, Facebook

Emma Llanso - Director, Free Expression Project, Center for Democracy & Technology

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