Category: PCVE
18-24 May: main headlines on GermanPolicy.com
GermanPolicy.com: past week’s headlines =Covid-19=Merkel: government doesn’t take the easiest wayhttps://lnkd.in/d8SFg-SSteinmeier praises efforts in Corona crisishttps://lnkd.in/d8Sx95vSchäuble: Democracy workinghttps://lnkd.in/d96T-7tMost people in Germany in favor of Corona restrictionshttps://lnkd.in/d2QcdavFewer demonstrators against Corona requirementshttps://lnkd.in/diqkMmQCoronavirus…
Hate Speech Laws and Social Media Companies | Brief
The German government cabinet has passed a tougher stance against hate speech. What makes sense about the legal project, in Germany and elswhere, is to hold social media companies responsible…
Germany. Full Digital Identification of Online Users Impracticable | Context
The German Federal Council is examining whether in Germany, every user of social networks, and every online gamer, ought to be subject to identification requirements. The German federal states of…
Hiding Hate in Plain Sight: Extremists’ Obscured Branding | Brief
Extremists often employ subtle coding instead of being bold and blunt, be it via tentative allusions, fashion statements, or references to cultural items, such as music. This helps them avoid…
Deradicalization: Keeping the Bad From the Good | Context
Let us face it: there are major issues with deradicalizing a person who has fallen prey to extremism. But we must differentiate between counter-radicalization, which works well in many trajectories,…
Balancing Free Speech and Customer Satisfaction | Context
How to put in line a) the value of free speech and b) the different understandings of customer satisfaction on social media platforms? The answer is this: via moderation by…
A Watchdog For P/CVE Content? | Context
Regulation scares many. Despite this, we will ask the question: is there a need for a watchdog when it comes to documents on preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE)? The…