Description

Implemented Digital Security Act

In October 2018, the Digital Security Act was implemented. The Act aims to prevent terrorism, hate crimes against minorities, and racism by creating content monitoring mechanisms in print, digital, and social media. Any content that is deemed dangerous, violent, or sexual must be removed, although clear definitions of inappriopriate content were not made.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2018-09-29
adopted

On 29 September 2018, the Digital Security Act was adopted. The Act aims to prevent terrorism, hate…

2018-10-15
in force

In October 2018, the Digital Security Act was implemented. The Act aims to prevent terrorism, hate …