In Switzerland, signatures are currently being collected to get a popular initiative off the ground that would anchor the protection of fundamental rights and democracy in the digital space in the Federal Constitution.
At first glance, the initiative sounds good and sensible to me personally. But I wonder:
To what extent would the legal article below cause problems for the Fediverse?
Initiative's website: https://www.internet-initiative.ch/initiative/
The initiative text, translated into English:
Federal popular initiative βFor the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Democracy in the Digital Space (Internet Initiative)β
The Federal Constitution is amended as follows:
Art. 93a Protection in the digital spaceThe Confederation shall enact provisions on the protection of fundamental rights and of democratic decision-making processes in the digital space.
It shall oblige providers of communication platforms and search engines, as well as providers that generate content by means of automated or artificial-intelligence-based systems:
a. to protect people from violations of their fundamental rights;
b. to prevent the dissemination of content that contains sexualised violence, incites violence, or glorifies violence;
c. to limit systemic risks with regard to the manipulation of democratic decision-making processes, in particular through disinformation or algorithmic amplification;
d. to protect the population from cybercrime.
Providers shall be obliged to examine, free of charge, reports of violations of their obligations under paragraph 2, to take the necessary countermeasures, and to report publicly on this. The Confederation shall regulate the procedures and the supervision of providers.