RightsCon Toronto 2018

Several recently proposed or enacted laws (NetzDG in Germany, Venezuela's hate speech law, SESTA/FOSTA in the U.S.) make Internet platforms, search engines, web hosts, and/or other facilitators of online expression legally responsible for illegal content posted by third parties. This session will try to understand what is motivating these proposals, what they have in common, t, and what can be done to mitigate their impacts on freedom of expression. It will also consider what technological, corporate, and multistakeholder tools can be used to effectively address the underlying concerns that these proposals seek to regulate.