[pvelagal]

I am not sure why i got down voted, but I was wondering if it is possible to isolate policy + enforcement of policies by the industry, through an independent body (say w3.org) over all, instead of individual companies. This will make sure that the policy is uniform no matter where the content gets posted, be it youtube or face book or any site. Think about movie ratings by Motion picture association. If a movie is rated R, it is R no matter where you watch it, be it netflix or any movie theater.

[supreme_sublime]

I believe that different countries have different ratings systems. This is part of the problem as well. Germany for instance has recently crafted laws to try to financially punish companies for content on their site that is deemed "hate speech". [0]

Should this "universal" body be established country by country?

Should laws in Germany affect what people in the US can see?

What about competitors who want to have different policies in an attempt to give themselves a competitive advantage?

Personally I'm not a fan of the direction the major tech companies have gone with free speech, but I hope and believe that ultimately these principles will win out. However, when a man is convicted by the UK government of committing "gross offense" by recording a joke video of his pug responding to Nazi references; the situation seems a bit more dire. [1]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/17/german-of...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_QlnY8Ggg

[seatotree]

You got downvoted because you put a ton of slashes + plus signs in your question that made it difficult/impossible to read.