by Shlomo Cesana, Yair Altman and Reuters
A day after accusing Facebook of sabotaging Israeli efforts to foil attacks, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announces plan to legislate removal of, and block access to, inciting content • Facebook rejects criticism, says confers closely with Israel.
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan
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A day after accusing Facebook of "sabotaging"
Israeli efforts to thwart terrorism by not cooperating with inquiries
about potential suspects and "setting a very high bar for removing
content and posts that contain incitement,"
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan expanded on his complaint Sunday
and declared his intention to combat online incitement with legislation.
Of 74 "especially inciting and extremist
posts" Israel had brought to Facebook's attention, only 24 were removed,
Erdan said Sunday, adding that jurisdiction was an issue.
"The big problem is in Judea and Samaria,
because Facebook does not recognize Israeli control there and is not
prepared to turn over information," Erdan added.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked called on
social media companies to pre-emptively curb content deemed by Israel to
be a security threat.
"We want the companies not to approve, and
actively remove, posts by terrorist groups and incitement to terrorism
without us having to flag each individual post, in just the same manner
that today, for example, they do not allow posts and pages containing
child pornography," Shaked told Army Radio.
Erdan and Shaked announced that they plan to
submit a bill that would not only regulate the removal of inciting
material on social media but would also serve to block access to
inciting pages, much like policies currently in place in Australia and
France, among other places.
Facebook did not respond directly to Erdan's
criticism, but said in a statement that it conferred closely with
Israel: "We work regularly with safety organizations and policymakers
around the world, including Israel, to ensure that people know how to
make safe use of Facebook. There is no room for content that promotes
violence, direct threats, terrorist or hate speeches on our platform,"
the statement said.
It appeared to place an onus on Israeli authorities, as with any other users, to flag offensive content to Facebook monitors.
"We have a set of cmmunity standards designed
to help people understand what's allowed on Facebook, and we call on
people to use our report [option] if they find content they believe
violates these rules, so that we can examine each case and take quick
action," the Facebook statement said.
Citing sources familiar with the technology, Reuters reported last month that Facebook and other internet companies have begun using automation to remove Islamic State videos and other extremist content from their sites.
Citing sources familiar with the technology, Reuters reported last month that Facebook and other internet companies have begun using automation to remove Islamic State videos and other extremist content from their sites.
Shlomo Cesana, Yair Altman and Reuters
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=34753
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