Twitter has been taken to court by a small town based in Netherland Dutch
A small Dutch town has filed a lawsuit against Twitter for failing to take down false conspiracy theories that were being spread about the community. According to conspiracy theories, the village was the scene of child abuse and murder in the 1980s. According to reports, three men have been spreading this baseless belief since the year 2020. The town of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk has asked that negative comments about the town be taken down from the microblogging site.
There are believers in the conspiracy hypothesis in the community. According to reports, people who were motivated by the posts on microblog websites began posting written messages about the conspiracy to unmarked graves of children. According to reports, social media posts caused a disturbance in the community. Reports say that the person who believes in conspiracy theories says that he or she saw the horrible things that happened in the area with their own eyes.
The Hague District Court had already demanded that the three conspirators remove all of the posts and associated content from the network. Additionally, they were asked by the District Court to make sure the posts were never again seen. According to reports, notwithstanding the guarantees given to the district court, the conspiracy posts occasionally rear their ugly heads. After trying to find a solution on its own, the town decided to contact the microblogging website directly.
If the conspirators do not take down the post on their own, the microblogging platform should be held accountable, claims the representative for the town. The Dutch newspaper quoted Cees van de Zanden, the town’s representative, as stating Van de Zanden claims that a request to have the conspiracy theory-related content removed from the microblogging site was already made in July. The microblogging site has yet to respond to the town’s request, though.
The platforms involved must take action if conspiracy theorists don’t take down their posts, according to Cees van de Zanden, counsel for the town of Bodegraven, who was quoted by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant on Friday. The three people accused of a conspiracy theory are all regarded as notorious since they have all received prison sentences after being found guilty in other cases. According to reports, the accused even threatened the health minister and the former prime minister.