Regulating free speech in a digital age : hate, harm and the limits of censorship / / David Bromell

• Autore: Bromell David
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 229 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 342.085
• Soggetto topico: Freedom of expression
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction: After Christchurch -- 1.1 The Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques -- 1.2 Terrorism in a Digital Age -- 1.3 The Christchurch Call -- 1.3.1 Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) -- 1.3.2 Civil Society Responses to the Christchurch Call -- 1.3.3 First Tests for the Christchurch Call -- 1.3.4 Progress and Prospects for Success -- 1.4 Hard Questions for Policy Makers Everywhere -- Part IRegulating Harmful Digital Communication -- 2 Challenges in Regulating Online Content -- 2.1 Four Competing Objectives -- 2.2 The Internet and Digital Communication -- 2.2.1 A World Wide Web -- 2.2.2 Public or Private? -- 2.3 Challenges in Moderating Online Content -- 2.3.1 Inconsistent Moderation and Enforcement -- 2.3.2 Lazy Cats, Clever Mice -- 2.3.3 A Regulatory Deficit -- 2.3.4 The Internet Never Forgets -- 2.4 The Nature of the Beast -- 3 The Business Models of Big Tech -- 3.1 The Attention Economy, Algorithms and Rabbit Holes -- 3.1.1 Selling What You Like -- 3.1.2 Algorithms and Rabbit Holes -- 3.1.3 Through the Looking-Glass -- 3.2 A Global Oligopoly -- 3.3 Platforms or Publishers? -- 3.4 Reining in the Beast -- 4 Deplatforming and Democratic Legitimacy -- 4.1 Trump, Parler and the Power of Big Tech -- 4.1.1 Pulling the Plug on POTUS -- 4.1.2 Inky Pinky Parlez-Vous? -- 4.2 Does Deplatforming Work? -- 4.3 Who Calls the Shots? -- 4.3.1 Private Companies Acting as Courts -- 4.3.2 Big Brother Is Watching You -- 4.4 Checks and Balances -- 4.4.1 A Global Regulatory Framework -- 4.4.2 Civil Society and the Fourth Estate -- 4.4.3 Deplatforming Is Not a Silver Bullet -- Part IIHate, Harm and the Limits of Censorship -- 5 Regulating "Hate Speech" -- 5.1 The Call for More Law -- 5.2 Current New Zealand Law -- 5.3 Proposed Law Changes. ; 5.4 Recent Developments in Other Selected Jurisdictions -- References -- 6 Free Speech and Its Limits -- 6.1 The Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression -- 6.2 Freedom of Expression as a Qualified Right -- 6.2.1 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- 6.2.2 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination -- 6.2.3 "Lawful Hate Speech" -- 6.3 Justifiable Restrictions on Freedom of Expression -- 6.3.1 Lawful, Necessary and Proportionate -- 6.3.2 The Rabat Plan of Action -- 6.3.3 Defamation of Religion -- 6.3.4 Some Recent Developments -- 6.4 Context Matters -- 7 Hate, Harm and the Liberal State -- 7.1 Hate and Harm -- 7.1.1 "Hate Speech" and "Hate Crime" -- 7.1.2 How Much of a Problem Is "Hate Speech"? -- 7.1.3 It's About Harm, Not Hate -- 7.1.4 The Harm Principle -- 7.2 The Idea of the Liberal State -- 7.3 Diversity and Conflict -- 7.3.1 People Want and Value Different Things -- 7.3.2 Us and Them-And Digital Tribes -- 7.3.3 Resolving Conflict Without Recourse to Violence -- 7.4 An Agonistic Politics of Difference -- 8 Striking a Fair Balance When Regulating Free Speech -- 8.1 Arguments Against Restricting Free Speech -- 8.1.1 Individual Autonomy -- 8.1.2 Human Agency and Legal Responsibility -- 8.1.3 Reason and the Marketplace of Ideas -- 8.1.4 Political Legitimacy and Representative Democracy -- 8.1.5 Restraining the State -- 8.1.6 A Dilemma for Human Rights Law -- 8.1.7 Legal Efficacy -- 8.2 Free Speech Is Not the Only Right -- 8.2.1 A Not-So-Hypothetical Case -- 8.2.2 All the World's a Stage -- 8.3 Three Key Distinctions -- 8.3.1 Harm and Offence -- 8.3.2 Public and Private -- 8.3.3 Persons and Groups -- 8.4 Power, Numbers and the Heckler's Veto -- 9 Counter-Speech Is Everyone's Responsibility -- 9.1 Governments Need to Invest, Not Just Regulate -- 9.2 Online Civic Interventions. ; 9.3 Counter-Speech Is Everyone's Responsibility -- 9.3.1 Focus on Persons, Not Groups -- 9.3.2 Choose When to Speak, and When to Keep Silent -- 9.3.3 Stand Together -- 9.3.4 Re-frame -- 9.3.5 Re-claim -- 9.4 Call In, Not Out -- 10 Conclusion: Cleaning Up After the Party -- 10.1 A Role for Governments-And Regulation -- 10.2 The Private Sector and Social Responsibility -- 10.3 Civil Society and the Fourth Estate -- 10.4 Concluding Reflections: They Are Us.
• Sommario/riassunto: Hateful thoughts and words can lead to harmful actions like the March 2019 terrorist attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. In free, open and democratic societies, governments cannot justifiably regulate what citizens think, feel, believe or value, but do have a duty to protect citizens from harmful communication that incites discrimination, active hostility and violence. Written by a public policy advisor for fellow practitioners in politics and public life, this book discusses significant practical and moral challenges regarding internet governance and freedom of speech, particularly when responding to content that is legal but harmful. Policy makers and professionals working for governmental institutions need to strike a fair balance between protecting from harm and preserving the right to freedom of expression. And because merely passing laws does not solve complex social problems, governments need to invest, not just regulate. Governments, big tech and the private sector, civil society, individual citizens and the fourth estate all have roles to play, and counter-speech is everyone's responsibility. This book tackles hard questions about internet governance, hate speech, cancel culture and the loss of civility, and illustrates principled pragmatism applied to perplexing policy problems. Furthermore, it presents counter-speech strategies as alternatives and complements to censorship and criminalisation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Regulating Free Speech in a Digital Age
• ISBN: 9783030955502; 9783030955496
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910544863303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II