The Federal Council has notified on April 5, 2023that he has a Regulation of large communication platforms such as Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, i.e., from “operators of large communications platforms (intermediaries)”.
It has instructed DETEC, with the involvement of the Federal Office of Justice, to End March 2024 to prepare a corresponding consultation draft.
In doing so, the Federal Council is guided (“where sensible” – one may be curious) by the Digital Services Act (DSA) of the EU. He wants in particular
Strengthen the rights of users in Switzerland and require more transparency from platforms without limiting the positive effects of platforms on freedom of expression.
Furthermore
the large platforms […] a contact point and a Legal representative in Switzerland designate
Users whose content deleted or their account blocked The platform should be able to directly request a review of the measure taken. In addition, an independent Swiss arbitration board be created. This is to be financed by the platforms.
To create transparency, the major platforms should Mark advertising as such and with target group specific advertising publish the most important parametersaccording to which advertising is played. This makes it possible to track who receives a particular advertisement and for what reasons.
Users should provide the platforms with calls for hatred, depictions of violence or threats in a simple manner. can report. The platforms must send the messages check and the users about the result inform.
In this way, the Federal Council wants to respond to the finding that the platforms are “hardly regulated” today:
The systems that decide who gets to see what content are not transparent. Users also have a weak position vis-à-vis the platforms. This becomes apparent, for example, when a platform blocks a user’s account or deletes content that users distribute. At present, users cannot defend themselves against such blockings and deletions, or can do so only inadequately.