France is preparing a new "anti-terrorism" law: under attack Internet companies

French President Francois Hollande said that his Government was ready to discuss the bill introducing the responsibility for placing extremist material on the Internet. According to the innovation, if Internet companies allow you to place on their resources such texts, they are & quot; ... shall be deemed complicit in hate speech & quot ;. In connection with this law, journalists Bloomberg confidently предсказали problem for companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter.

The decision was taken not spontaneously: French Interior Minister Bernard Caseneuve (Bernard Cazeneuve) claims that have already visited the United States, where he had a series of consultations with the Internet giants. What the outcome of the negotiations and what is the attitude of companies to the initiative of the French president is still unknown. It is also unknown what kind of sanctions would be applied if the law will take precedent and will occur.

Hollande says so himself:

We need to act at European and international level to develop a regulatory framework to ensure that Internet companies, social media managers are aware of their responsibilities and the measures that can be taken.
Blockquote> About a week ago, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith told , that his company was sent a formal request from the French government. The document requested to transmit them with the contents of mailboxes suspected of committing a terrorist act in the wording of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Microsoft complied with the request of the French secret service for 45 minutes.

It seems that the authorities of other countries also agree that Internet companies should pay more attention to their social resources. British Prime Minister David Cameron acts against the encrypted messages to the Internet. US President Barack Obama shares his point, believing , that "black moves" in the encryption needed.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/245058/