Quello che diverte di più (si fa per dire) è che questo decreto trumpiano "per combattere la censura su Internet", come la "legge Avia" recentemente approvata qui in Francia, si trasformerà in un investimento fenomenale in moderazione commerciale dei contenuti di siti e media sociali. I media sociali, per evitare liabilities, filtreranno in maniera ancora più forte i loro user generated contents. Gli altri siti che non possono permettersi di pagare team di moderatori di decine di migliaia di persone, cercheranno di comprare questi servizi dai giganti della tech, che potranno boostare il loro business.

Questi rischi sono già stati ampiamente sottolineati un anno fa, quando la Legge Avia era ancora in discussione e quando Trump ancora viveva un idillio con Twitter.
Oggi, si aggiungono anche i rischi sanitari dovuti al Covid19, che Sarah Roberts (prima ricercatrice a aver analizzato la commercial content moderation) analizza in questo suo nuovo pezzo: https://www.flowjournal.org/2020/03/digital-humanity/


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Objet: [nexa] White House: "Executive Order on Preventing Online        Censorship"

Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship

Issued on: May 28, 2020

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. Free speech is the bedrock of American democracy. Our Founding Fathers protected this sacred right with the First Amendment to the Constitution. The freedom to express and debate ideas is the foundation for all of our rights as a free people.

In a country that has long cherished the freedom of expression, we cannot allow a limited number of online platforms to hand pick the speech that Americans may access and convey on the internet. This practice is fundamentally un-American and anti-democratic. When large, powerful social media companies censor opinions with which they disagree, they exercise a dangerous power. They cease functioning as passive bulletin boards, and ought to be viewed and treated as content creators.

The growth of online platforms in recent years raises important questions about applying the ideals of the First Amendment to modern communications technology. Today, many Americans follow the news, stay in touch with friends and family, and share their views on current events through social media and other online platforms. As a result, these platforms function in many ways as a 21st century equivalent of the public square.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube wield immense, if not unprecedented, power to shape the interpretation of public events; to censor, delete, or disappear information; and to control what people see or do not see.

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Continua qui: [ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/ | https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/ ]


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