Commission of the Council of States wants to facilitate access to social networks
Social networks should have to indicate a representative or a domicile for service in Switzerland. This is what the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of States is demanding in a motion.
The office should serve as a point of contact for the Swiss authorities and make it easier for consumers to lodge complaints. The committee is also calling for the Federal Council to advocate better enforcement of the law on the internet at international level. The background to the motion is a parliamentary initiative by Christian Levrat (SP/FR), which has since been withdrawn. His aim was to make it easier for the authorities to access user data in the context of criminal proceedings. Thanks to representation in Switzerland, an international request for mutual legal assistance should become superfluous. (SDA)
