1. "Content Matters"
an Elevator Pitch
Why the European Union leads
efforts to make the Internet a
safer place
Peter Fatelnig
Minister Counsellor, Digital Economy Policy, EU Delegation to the US
European Entrepreneurship & Innovation - Stanford ME421 - Feb 25, 2019

3. Sometimes the Web is not a nice place!

4. The old issue of conflicting values
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression [Art 11 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights]
2. Illegal Content: Actions targetting the removal of illegal content online
include: incitement to terrorism, illegal hate speech, or child sexual abuse
material, as well as infringements of Intellectual Property rights and
consumer protection online .
3. Is this Censorship? Definition of censorship: « Is the suppression of speech,
public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material
is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as
determined by government authorities. »[Censorship in Wikipedia, 13 February 2019]

5. DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL on copyright in the Digital Single Market
Article 11: Protection of press
publications concerning online uses
Article 13: Use of protected content by
information society service providers
storing and giving access to large amounts
of works and other subject-matter
uploaded by their users
Online companies will have to negotiate
licensing agreements with rights holders to
publish their content on, and scan its video-
sharing platform to remove copyright-protected
content that falls under these deals.
This article extends the 2001 Copyright
Directive to grant publishers direct
copyright over "online use of their press
publications by information society service
providers"

6. Peter Fatelnig is Minister-Counsellor for digital economy policies
at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, residing
in Washington DC. Peter’s long experience in the digital tech sector,
notably in building industrial innovation strategies, helped the EU to
drive forward internet innovation policies. A senior manager at the
European Commission since 1998 he is committed to a positive European
vision of the future internet society and economy. Before coming to
Washington he managed the team leading Europe's new Internet policy
and investment initiative (flagship on 'Next Generation Internet').
Prior to the EU he worked on international assignments for the strategy
consulting firm American Management Systems, and for the European
Space Agency, in the Netherlands. Peter holds a Master degree in
Communication Engineering from the University of Technology in Graz,
Austria, and is a senior member of the IEEE. He is married and has
raised two daughters.
The EU Delegation was first established in Washington, DC in 1954 and
now represents the European Union across the United States. It has
expanded to host staff of the European Parliament Liaison Office,
EUROPOL, the European Central Bank, the European Investment Bank
and the European Air Safety Agency.