Spain Requests EU Action on Illegal Web Content
February 25th, 2010
A document issued from the Spanish presidency of the European Union to all member countries has called for discussion on various issues relating to the internet, including the ‘blocking’ of any pages that include child pornography, racist propaganda or that infringe on intellectual property.
The document has asked each country if “it is actively fighting” such content and has requested their opinions on how to best act against this type of information on a European Union level.
The likelihood that many of these websites originate from servers outside the European is also covered in the document, raising the question of “How we can deny such content from servers that are located in countries that are not members of the EU?”
Child pornography, racism and intellectual property violations on the internet are all criminal activities that are unfortunately not decreasing. The EU fight against such behaviour by existing methods has, to date, not proved fully effective. The Spanish presidency says that “coordinated efforts of all EU Member States against this type of behaviour should be intensified.”
With regard to intellectual property, the Spanish presidency states that it has reached an extent that is “jeopardizing” our own creative activity, citing a “proliferation of web pages that provide for-profit file sharing or sell counterfeit branded products.”
In terms of racist content, it says that the Web is “an ideal place for its dissemination and proselytization.” While similarly, the new technologies are being increasingly utilised in the commission and transmission of content that incorporates the sexual exploitation of minors.
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