Alwaght- Israeli cabinet approved a law that will enable the regime to order removal of Facebook posts that regime deems contrary to its interests.
Based on the new law courts could demand that companies such as Facebook Inc. remove contents that Tel Aviv considers as incitement against Israeli regime.
The law has raised increased concerns about freedom of speech as it is headed to the Knesset for final approval by parliament representatives.
The law would give Israel the tools to have contents “removed immediately,” Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said via text message after an Israeli ministerial committee approved the bill Sunday.
Erdan and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked have continued pushing the bill even after Facebook agreed in a September meeting to create joint teams to deal with Internet incitement. Israel’s Cabinet said Sunday it would discuss even tougher measures against contents on the web, without indicating what those measures might be.
Internet giants including Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and YouTube have been cooperating with Israeli regime on its war against freedom of speech on internet. The companies said earlier this month that they were creating a shared database to help enforce such Israeli policies.
In an e-mailed statement Sunday, Facebook said it works “aggressively” to remove problematic content “as soon as we become aware of it.” The company said it hopes to continue a “constructive dialogue” with Israeli regime.
Meanwhile Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, head of the Center for Democratic Values and Institutions, called the bill “an assault on freedom of expression on an international scale.”
Compared to similar legislation in other countries, the Israeli bill would hold content providers like Facebook and Google parent Alphabet Inc. to a much higher level of responsibility, Shwartz Altshuler said in an e-mailed statement.
“The ‘Facebook Bill’ needs to be substantially revised,” she said.
Alwaght- Israeli cabinet approved a law that will enable the regime to order removal of Facebook posts that regime deems contrary to its interests.
Based on the new law courts could demand that companies such as Facebook Inc. remove contents that Tel Aviv considers as incitement against Israeli regime.
The law has raised increased concerns about freedom of speech as it is headed to the Knesset for final approval by parliament representatives.
The law would give Israel the tools to have contents “removed immediately,” Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said via text message after an Israeli ministerial committee approved the bill Sunday.
Erdan and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked have continued pushing the bill even after Facebook agreed in a September meeting to create joint teams to deal with Internet incitement. Israel’s Cabinet said Sunday it would discuss even tougher measures against contents on the web, without indicating what those measures might be.
Internet giants including Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and YouTube have been cooperating with Israeli regime on its war against freedom of speech on internet. The companies said earlier this month that they were creating a shared database to help enforce such Israeli policies.
In an e-mailed statement Sunday, Facebook said it works “aggressively” to remove problematic content “as soon as we become aware of it.” The company said it hopes to continue a “constructive dialogue” with Israeli regime.
Meanwhile Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, head of the Center for Democratic Values and Institutions, called the bill “an assault on freedom of expression on an international scale.”
Compared to similar legislation in other countries, the Israeli bill would hold content providers like Facebook and Google parent Alphabet Inc. to a much higher level of responsibility, Shwartz Altshuler said in an e-mailed statement.
“The ‘Facebook Bill’ needs to be substantially revised,” she said.
Alwaght- Israeli cabinet approved a law that will enable the regime to order removal of Facebook posts that regime deems contrary to its interests.
Based on the new law courts could demand that companies such as Facebook Inc. remove contents that Tel Aviv considers as incitement against Israeli regime.
The law has raised increased concerns about freedom of speech as it is headed to the Knesset for final approval by parliament representatives.
The law would give Israel the tools to have contents “removed immediately,” Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said via text message after an Israeli ministerial committee approved the bill Sunday.
Erdan and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked have continued pushing the bill even after Facebook agreed in a September meeting to create joint teams to deal with Internet incitement. Israel’s Cabinet said Sunday it would discuss even tougher measures against contents on the web, without indicating what those measures might be.
Internet giants including Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and YouTube have been cooperating with Israeli regime on its war against freedom of speech on internet. The companies said earlier this month that they were creating a shared database to help enforce such Israeli policies.
In an e-mailed statement Sunday, Facebook said it works “aggressively” to remove problematic content “as soon as we become aware of it.” The company said it hopes to continue a “constructive dialogue” with Israeli regime.
Meanwhile Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, head of the Center for Democratic Values and Institutions, called the bill “an assault on freedom of expression on an international scale.”
Compared to similar legislation in other countries, the Israeli bill would hold content providers like Facebook and Google parent Alphabet Inc. to a much higher level of responsibility, Shwartz Altshuler said in an e-mailed statement.
“The ‘Facebook Bill’ needs to be substantially revised,” she said.
