The law to prevent incitement on social networks was unanimously approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation

The law to prevent incitement on social networks was unanimously approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation - by all the ministers who participated in the discussion. The bill promoted by Justice Minister Gideon Saar will allow a district court judge to remove from social media or any other digital platform content that constitutes a criminal offense. The bill will now go to the Knesset for a first reading.
The ministers who voted for are: Gideon Saar (New Hope), Yoaz Handel (New Hope), Pnina Tamano Sheta (Blue and White), Nachman Shai (Labor), Matan Kahana (New Hope), Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), Hamed Amar (Israel Beiteinu), Karin Elharar (Yesh Atid) and Meirav Cohen (Yesh Atid).
A statement from the Constitution Committee states that the law will be applied to two cases - the first is the publication of content that constitutes a criminal offense, and the second is publication that has a real possibility of harming a person's security, public safety or state security. "The technological reality precedes regulation in everything related to dealing with online dangers. Western countries such as Australia and Germany have already enacted laws on the subject and thus narrowed the gap. The bill will allow the district court to order the removal of content from online content providers including: Google, Facebook, , Wrote in the message.
The bill was softened following criticism of fears of censorship. At a court hearing on a request to remove the offensive advertising - the content publisher and owner, manager, or operator of the website where the content was published will be invited as well as representatives of the service provider. That is, the court orders the platform to remove the content - but in the absence of the ability to ask the content publisher or site owner to remove the offensive advertising, the court will turn to ISPs and order them to block access to the advertising.