规管网上内容Regulationofonlinecontent.ppt

規管網上內容Regulation of online content,仇恨言論Hate speech,公民权利和政治权利国际公约,第二十条 一、任何鼓吹战争的宣传，应以法律加以禁止。二、任何鼓吹民族、种族或宗教仇恨的主张，构成煽动歧视、敌视或强暴者，应以法律 加以禁止。,Article 20 of the ICCPR,1.Any propaganda for war shall be prohibited by law.2.Any advocacy of national,racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination,hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law.i.e.warmongering and hate speech are not allowing 即不容許:鼓吹戰爭,仇恨言論,仇恨言論 hate speech,hostile remarks aiming at persons of any racial or ethnic group,gender or sexual orientation,仇恨言論 hate speech,仇恨言論,美國：一般不算非法US not outlawed in most cases,歐洲：大部份國家不容許Europe:many countries have outlawed hate speech,美國經典例子,3K黨集會上的言論A man spoke at a Ku Klux Klan meeting urging to send the blacks to Africa and the Jews to Israel美國法院對極端言論較為容忍憲法第一修正案就連慫恿行動的言論也保護除非有關言論可能引發即時的無視法紀行為The Supreme Court:The First Amendment protects speech that is a call for action,as long as the speech is not likely to produce imminent lawless action,美國的情況,美國多個州於八九十年代立法禁止仇恨言論Many states passed laws in the 1980s and 1990s forbidding hate speech但最高法院於1992年裁決仇恨言論不能僅因為內容而被禁止The Supreme Court ruled in 1992hate speech cannot be banned on the basis of its content,2009:二次大戰納粹德軍屠殺猶太人紀念館槍擊案http:/,仇恨言論 hate speech,法國和德國 發表否認大屠殺的言論，屬違法passed law criminalising Holocaust denial有人向聯合國投訴,指違反IPPCR,但被駁回The ICCPR dismissed a complaint about the law但歐洲人權法院的一個判決則是But the ECHR ruled that the French government acted disproportionately by punishing the advertiser,2006年初,仇恨言論 hate speech,荷蘭起訴右翼國會議員Geert Wilders,仇恨言論 hate speech,Geert Wilders 被控 inciting hatred against Muslims他2008年製作的影片 urged Muslims to tear out hate-filled passages from the Quranjuxtaposes images of the September 11,2001 attacks on the US with quotations from the textNo TV company would broadcast the 17-minute filmWilders posted it on the internet in March 2008,仇恨言論 hate speech,Geert Wilders表示:I also do not intend to hurt peoples feelings.I have nothing against Muslims.I have a problem with Islam and the Islamisation of our country because Islam is diametrically opposed to freedom.,2006初:漫畫風波,Banners waved during a demonstration in London featured slogans including Europe,your 9/11 will come and-in an apparent reference to the four July 7 suicide bombers-Europe you will pay,fantastic 4 are on their way.,發表恐怖份子言論，容不容許？,網上仇恨言論 Online Hate Speech,兩種不同的意見1)互聯網言論應享有較大的自由廣電內容的規管方式不適用2)互聯網出現的仇恨言論問題更嚴重並有新的情況,網上仇恨言論 Online Hate Speech,1995:美國出現極端白人主義的網站Problematic websites in the US the first American white supremacist websiteStormfront,was established by a former member of Ku Klux Klan in 1995;2000年左右:估計有三千個這種網站estimated in the early 2000s some 3,000 problematic websitespromoting racial violence,anti-Semitism,homophobia,hate music and terrorism;,網上仇恨言論 Online Hate Speech,websites,e-mail and online discussion groupsBecome powerful recruiting,fundraising and indoctrination tools for racist and hate groups 作用：動員、洗腦、籌經費(from“Battling online hate”,BBC News,30/8/2001),針對墮胎醫生的網站,The pictures and details have already been removed from the websitehttp:/,http:/,針對墮胎醫生的網站,The case of Nuremberg Filesanti-abortionists(反墮胎人士):listing private details of more than 200 abortion clinic doctors and employees and called for the“baby butchers”to be brought to justicePro-choice groups(支持墮胎權利人士):went to the court 1999 ruling:the site has to be closed down,針對墮胎醫生的網站The case of Nuremberg Files,2001 appeal:the site protected by First Amendment unless the site authorised,ratified,or directly threatened violenceMay 2002 further appeal decision:a panel of 11 judges heard the case,very divided,6 to 5 votes decided:the Wanted style posters branding individual abortion doctors as baby butchers were illegal threats not protected free speech 上訴法庭以六比五裁定網站內張貼的內容，屬非法的恐嚇，不受第一修正案保護,網上仇恨言論 Online Hate Speech,Ebay:決定不拍賣一些種類的物品agreed not to auction items promoting hate groupsalso banned the sale of firearms,tobacco and alcohol,網上仇恨言論 Online Hate Speech,2000Yahoo!因拍賣納粹紀念品，被法國政府控告Yahoo!Was sued in France for auctioning Nazi articles on the Net French courts ordered Yahoo!to take all reasonable measures to prevent web users in France from gaining via Y to the Nazi article auction service and to any other site or service that may be construed as constituting an apology for Nazism or a contesting of Nazi crimesIf failed to do so,subject to a US$13,000 fine a day法國法院要求雅虎採取措施，不讓法國網民登入這些網站,The Yahoo!Case,Yahoo argued it is technically impossible to fully comply with the French court orderbut the French court based on expert report stating that Yahoo can almost identify 90%of the French users(70%by IP address/20%by honour system)雅虎表示，技術上不可能，但專家報告則認為可以,The Yahoo!Case,2001:Yahoo!has adopted new policies and pre-screen and eliminate hateful and racist materials Feb.2003:a French court acquitted Yahoo and its former president,The Yahoo!Case(continued),Yahoo went back to the US filed a lawsuit asking the US court to declare the orders by French courts are unrecognizable and unenforceableNov.2001:A US district court held that French orders are not enforceable in the US because such enforcement would violate the First Amendment美國地方法院應雅虎要求，宣布法國法院的判決有違第一修正案，不能於美國執行，,The Yahoo!Case(continued),Jan 2006:a US court of appeal dismissed Yahoos applicationThere was no reason for a US court to consider the internet companys appealFirst Amendment issues arising out of international Internet use are new,important and difficult.We should not rush to decide such issues based on an inadequate,incomplete or unclear record美國上訴法院駁回雅虎的要求，並表示雅虎已修改政策，而法國法院亦未執行判決，因此美國法院目前不審理法國法院判決有否違反第一修正案,網上仇恨言論 Online Hate Speech,The Council of Europe:Jan 2003:Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime(entered into force in 2008)Criminalise acts of a racist(帶種族偏見)and xenophobic(仇外)nature committed through computer systemUS not signing,網上仇恨言論 Online Hate Speech,Cyberbullying 網上暴力/網絡欺凌,Google and Italy 2010,Fact:A user of a Google video service uploaded a video showing the bullying of a disabled youthWhen Google received a formal complaint about the video from Italian police,it took the video down within hours.,Google and Italy 2010,Feb 2010An Italian judge convicted three Google executives for violating Italys privacy code.The judge found that under Italian law Google had a legal duty to prevent the posting of the video that invaded the victims privacy and dignity該視頻侵害了少年的隱私和尊嚴根據意大利法律,谷歌有責任採取行動阻止這事件發生,Google and Italy 2010,He imposed a suspended jail sentence and fines on them and their companyGoogle said would appeal the six-month suspended jail termsthe verdict poses a crucial question for the freedom on which the internet is built“Since none of the three employees found guilty had anything to do with the offending video谷歌表示會上訴,指判決關係到網絡自由的根本,美國網上暴力-Megan Meier自殺,美國網上暴力-Megan Meier自殺,十三歲少女Megan Meier自殺Megan Meier患抑鬱症2006年中:另一名少女與母親Lori Drew合謀創作了一個少年Meier與該少年在網上談戀愛幾周後,少年對Meier 說:“The world would be a better place without you.”Meier自殺,美國網上暴力-Megan Meier自殺,Drew 被控多項罪名美國第一宗聯邦網上暴力案件2008年11月底宣判最嚴重的一項指控不成立(可判二十年監禁)accessing a computer without authorisation to inflict emotional distress另外三項較輕的罪名則成立gaining access to a computer without authorizationDrew 上訴,美國網上暴力-Megan Meier自殺,2009年8月Drew 上訴成功,改判無罪她雖違反My Space 旳規定,沒有實名登記但這只屬違反合約不構成刑事罪行,歐盟:新近的規管建議,2010年11月歐洲委員會建議，加強網上個人信息保護讓網民有能享有“right to be forgotten”的法律權利可要求社交網站真正刪除令人羞恥的圖片或尷尬的信息EU to give internet users legal right to be forgotten,The Daily Telegraph,Nov.5,2010,書目,Hate speech online http:/www.firstamendmentcenter.org/speech/internet/topic.aspx?topic=internet_hate_speechR.K.L.Collins(2009)A look at Cyberbullying&Public Schools http:/www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=21410 Judge Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying Case,Overrules Jury http:/speech in Europe:mixed rules http:/MP on trial for hate speechhttp:/,