Europe between Internet freedom and the fight against terrorism
The coordination office of the initiative CleanIt, who is committed to the use of the Internet by terrorists, has published a new draft (Word document) for a course of action. This is now more on their real goal, the fight against terrorism, aligned, a crackdown on copyright violations and child pornography are no longer part of, funded by the European Commission project. But CleanIt continues to pursue the development of easy-to-use reporting systems, the user can point to illegal content with a single click or a hotline.
In addition, the responsibilities of content providers to be redefined. It is not the main task of preventing the abuse of their services as for the dissemination of hate propaganda or incitement to terrorist attacks, according to the revised paper. Many online vendors but are willing to support the project. For this purpose it is important that providers and other service providers in their terms and conditions prohibit the unlawful terrorist activities in the network explicitly. Only relevant material could easily be taken from the grid.
The use of automatic detection systems for suspicious content, the project partners, which include besides the Dutch representatives of the justice and interior ministries of Germany, Britain, Belgium and Spain as well as Europol, not rule remains. Set the relevant procedures, using a rule on the screening of all internet traffic techniques for "deep packet inspection", the paper must also be used to "transparent". In addition, automated systems should not even rule on the legality arrant activity or content, and must work in the scope of applicable law. At the same time the authors warn that automated detection systems are "often not mature." Moreover, they could jeopardize Internet freedoms or even themselves may be illegal. Recommended clearer therefore, use of user-autonomous filters to block terrorist or rousing content of end use.
The partners, who met recently in June in Berlin to see the legislature in Europe required to define more clearly to be controlled activities in the network and the matters better, to harmonize, so as prosecutors and providers act effectively against it. Internet companies are recommended to exchange data on branded content directly and thus make it difficult to relist with another provider.
The authors of this guide penetrate unchanged that platform providers such as social networks limit the anonymity in which terrorists and other criminals could move easily. Users have become accustomed to conceal their true identity in forums, what the authors' view is often unnecessary, but the criminals play into their hands. The police should show presence in online communities so that terrorists and sympathizers, there can not feel safe. The plan is now to finalize the policy document at a workshop in Utrecht in September and at a conference in Brussels in November and say goodbye.
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