Regulating Without Laws: UNESCO Proposes a Model for Speech Governance Without Judges
While the European Union is strengthening its tools for controlling the information space, UNESCO outlines in a report a model based on cooperation with platforms. A flexible form of governance, largely removed from the judicial sphere, which aims to regulate online speech without waiting for legislation or always clearly defining the rules.
UNESCO has just published a study on the governance of expression on digital platforms in Europe, which proposes a break with the 19th-century liberal model based on the absence of prior control and on judicial intervention after the fact. The international organization advocates for preventive regulation of speech, organized in advance through cooperation between public authorities and private intermediaries. As the European Union rolls out the Digital Services…
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