<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</div><div class="im">> If we look at what is recently happening in Thailand as Peng Hwa and<br>
> Norbert reported on the notions of transitory liability where webmasters or<br>
> the like can face liability (not just fines) but imprisonment for not<br>
> removing content, I am not surprised.<br>
<br>
</div>Regardless of whether one considers it acceptable for Facebook to<br>
forbid nudity in their ToS and act accordingly, im my mind there<br>
is no question that whatever freedom of expression issues there<br>
may be with nudity restrictions on Facebook, the issue of webmaster<br>
liability is a freedom of expression problem of a much more serious<br>
kind.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>The issue of webmaster liability is serious aaccording to La Rue's Report on "Intermediary Liability". La Rue raised in paragraph 39 where he highlights the situation in Turkey and Thailand [<a href="http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/17session/A.HRC.17.27_en.pdf">http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/17session/A.HRC.17.27_en.pdf</a>]</div>
<div><br></div><div>"Many States have adopted laws which impose liability upon intermediaries if they </div><div>do not filter, remove or block content generated by users which is deemed illegal. For </div><div>example, in Turkey, Law 5651 on the <b>Prevention of Crime Committed in the Information </b><b>Technology Domain</b>, which was enacted in 2007, imposes new obligations on content providers, ISPs and website hosts. It also grants authority to an agency to issue administrative orders to block websites for content hosted outside of Turkey, and to take down eight broad types of unlawful content." </div>
<div><br></div><div> In Thailand, the 2007 Computer Crimes Act imposes liability upon intermediaries that </div><div>transmit or host third-party content and content authors themselves.This law has been </div><div>used to prosecute individuals providing online platforms.</div>
<div><br></div><div>From the information sent to the list recently about what was happening in Thailand in relation to the webmaster being prosecuted for not taking down "offensive content", it is abundantly clear that there is a need to engage discussion on instances where the "Exception" is "abused". I think that societies have to "mature" and sadly often it has to be states and ruling powers that need to mature in changing their paradigm that it must allow their people to speak freely and without fear of "persecution" and "prosecution".</div>
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I would propose that the public interest would be best served by<br>
focusing the global public policy debates as much as possible on<br>
the more serious problems and on what can be done to effectively<br>
address them.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>+1 </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div><div><br></div><div>Tweeter: @SalanietaT</div><div>Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</div><div>Cell: +679 998 2851</div>
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