Upcoming European law – requires content blocks under 1 hour by police request (laquadrature.net) 6 points by internet_user 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] internet_user 7y ago ↗ This new regulation will force every actor of the Web’s ecosystem (video or blog platforms, online media, small forums or large social networks) to:1) Block in under an hour any content reported as “terrorist” by the police (without a judge’s prior authorisation), and therefore to be on call 24/7.2) Anticipate police requests by detecting on their own illicit content using automated filtering tools.Websites that don’t respect these rules would risk a fine of up to 4% of their revenue.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] thread1) Block in under an hour any content reported as “terrorist” by the police (without a judge’s prior authorisation), and therefore to be on call 24/7.
2) Anticipate police requests by detecting on their own illicit content using automated filtering tools.
Websites that don’t respect these rules would risk a fine of up to 4% of their revenue.