Content policy must be democratically controlled --- There are limits to freedom of speech (incitement to hatred, racism etc.). Fake-news and disinformation, above all when leading to violence, must be countered. Surveillance or content policy must be controlled by an independent and transparent body. Democratic institutions need to be solid to exert checks and balances. This is what is missing to most member countries of the SCO.

Source author: Florence Tinguely Mattli florence.tinguely-mattli@eda.admin.ch