I think we also need transparency around coordination of these efforts with any government actors. At least to the extent the efforts affect citizens.
Kind of like transparency reports with regard to data requests.
Kind of like transparency reports with regard to data requests.
Why do we afford Facebook the right to decide for us at all?
"Watchdogs say that this coordination between governments and online platforms lacks transparency and operates through an alternative enforcement mechanism that denies due process of law. In the vast majority of cases, the Cyber Unit doesn’t file a court order based on Israeli criminal law and go through the traditional legal process to take down online posts. Instead, the Unit makes appeals to the platform’s content moderation policies and community standards. The enforcement of these policies though can be selective, devoid of different cultural contexts, and flexible to the interests of the powerful."
https://prospect.org/world/how-secretive-cyber-unit-censors-...