Dear SMN partners, 

please find here the communication adopted by the Austrian Bundesrat regarding “Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online”.

Background:

European Commission - Press release

The Commission has been working with social media companies to ensure that hate speech is tackled online similarly to other media channels.
The e-Commerce Directive (article 14) has led to the development of take-down procedures, but does not regulate them in detail. A “notice-and-action” procedure begins when someone notifies a hosting service provider – for instance a social network, an e-commerce platform or a company that hosts websites – about illegal content on the internet (for example, racist content, child abuse content or spam) and is concluded when a hosting service provider acts against the illegal content. read more..