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More Than 50 Nations Launch 'Paris Call' To Fix Hate Speech and Cyberattacks; China and Russia Not Among Signatories, Trump Administration Reluctant To Sign (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the marching-forward dept.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday launched a push to regulate the internet. France and U.S. technology giants, including Microsoft, are pushing for governments and companies worldwide to sign up for a new initiative aimed at establishing regulations for the internet, to fight such online threats as cyber attacks, hate speech and online censorship. A report adds: With the launch of a declaration entitled the 'Paris call for trust and security in cyberspace,' French President Emmanuel Macron is hoping to revive efforts to regulate cyberspace after the last round of United Nations negotiations failed in 2017.

In the document, which is supported by many European countries but, crucially, not China or Russia, the signatories urge governments to beef up protections against cyber meddling in elections and prevent the theft of trade secrets. The Paris call was initially pushed for by tech companies but was redrafted by French officials to include work done by U.N. experts in recent years. [...] In another sign of the Trump administration's reluctance to join international initiatives it sees as a bid to encroach on U.S. sovereignty, French officials said Washington might not become a signatory, though talks are continuing.

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  1. Let me get this straight. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the idea is to censor the internet, in order to prevent censorship???

    1. Re:Let me get this straight. by shaksys · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The system to remove hate speech will certainly be used to remove other speech.

    2. Re:Let me get this straight. by nmb3000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      So the idea is to censor the internet, in order to prevent censorship???

      Exactly. It's like rain on your wedding day, or a free ride when you've already paid.

      Unfortunately more and more people eat this shit up. The only thing missing is "think of the children".

      "The internet [is] not governed. So now that half of humanity is online, we need to find new ways to organize the internet," an official from Macron's office said. "Otherwise, the internet as we know it today -- free, open and secure -- will be damaged by the new threats."

      Do these people even hear themselves talk? "We need to regulate the internet to keep it free and open." This is the exact definition of doublespeak.

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  2. To fight hate speech and online censorship? by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They'll have to make up their minds, they can't have both.

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  3. Oh, fuck off with your bullshit "Hate Speech" by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Speech is NOT an emotion. There is no such thing as "hate speech"

    Either you have free speech or you don't.

    Trying to label "some" speech as hate speech is nothing more then censorship. PERIOD.

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    Adults discuss and even laugh at "taboo" subjects.
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