Regarding the false accusation on the Internet, the government has decided to consider establishing a legal framework for requesting information disclosure in order to understand how businesses such as SNS are responding.
A meeting of experts from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is considering measures to deal with false accusation on the Internet, and on the 30th, summarized future efforts.
Among them, it was pointed out that although the Council of Experts has asked businesses such as Google, Meta, and Twitter to respond to the number of reports from users and the response status such as deletion, there were cases where information disclosure was insufficient. doing.
On that basis, it is recommended that when requesting concrete measures to ensure transparency, it should be done based on legal grounds, and that the framework should be introduced promptly.
On the other hand, requiring businesses to remove false accusation posts should be considered very carefully from the perspective of freedom of expression.
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko, who attended the meeting, said, "It is important to take measures against false accusation under the voluntary efforts of the private sector and the cooperative relationship between industry, academia, government and the private sector. We will take necessary measures based on the summary." I did.
In the future, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will formally compile a report after listening to the general opinions, and will consider how to develop a legal framework.