The worrying phenomenon of online hate is not yet subject, internationally, to a uniform and shared disciplinary system. Regulatory uncertainties also concern the same Italian legal system, lacking a punctual and typical classification of the cases in which online hate speech and harassment occur and, regarding the Internet Service Providers liability, anchored to a regulatory system now obsolete, dating back to 2001. Internet, at the same time, does not help, magnifying the impact and the damage that the increasing persecutory conducts produce on the victims. Being therefore necessary a solution at the same time legal and technological to the phenomenon of online hate, this article assesses the opportunity to make active and legally qualified the role of network providers (with particular attention to the category of content providers), through the implementation and regulation, in a de iure condendo perspective, of transparent and certified notice and take down procedures, which can be supported by artificial intelligence technology solutions based on automatic learning and on the detection and reporting of illicit content.
Il preoccupante fenomeno dell’odio online non soggiace ancora, a livello internazionale, a un impianto disciplinare uniforme e condiviso. Incertezze normative riguardano, inoltre, lo stesso ordinamento giuridico italiano, sprovvisto di un puntuale e tipico inquadramento delle fattispecie in cui si manifestano l’hate speech e le molestie online e, per quanto riguarda la responsabilità degli Internet Service Provider, ancorato a un sistema normativo ormai obsoleto, risalente al 2001. La Rete, al tempo stesso, non aiuta, ingigantendo l’impatto e i danni che le sempre maggiori condotte persecutorie producono sulle vittime. Risultando pertanto necessaria una soluzione al contempo giuridica e tecnologica al fenomeno dell’odio online, il presente articolo valuta l’opportunità di rendere attivo e giuridicamente qualificato il ruolo dei provider della Rete (con particolare attenzione alla categoria dei content provider), attraverso l’implementazione e la regolamentazione, in prospettiva de iure condendo, di trasparenti e certificate procedure di notice and take down, supportabili da soluzioni tecnologiche di intelligenza artificiale basate sull’apprendimento automatico e sulla rilevazione e segnalazione di contenuti illeciti.
Francesco Di Tano (2017). Prospettive de iure condendo sulla responsabilizzazione dei content provider. INFORMATICA E DIRITTO, XXVI(1-2), 113-126.
Prospettive de iure condendo sulla responsabilizzazione dei content provider
DI TANO, FRANCESCO
2017
Abstract
The worrying phenomenon of online hate is not yet subject, internationally, to a uniform and shared disciplinary system. Regulatory uncertainties also concern the same Italian legal system, lacking a punctual and typical classification of the cases in which online hate speech and harassment occur and, regarding the Internet Service Providers liability, anchored to a regulatory system now obsolete, dating back to 2001. Internet, at the same time, does not help, magnifying the impact and the damage that the increasing persecutory conducts produce on the victims. Being therefore necessary a solution at the same time legal and technological to the phenomenon of online hate, this article assesses the opportunity to make active and legally qualified the role of network providers (with particular attention to the category of content providers), through the implementation and regulation, in a de iure condendo perspective, of transparent and certified notice and take down procedures, which can be supported by artificial intelligence technology solutions based on automatic learning and on the detection and reporting of illicit content.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.