Im Schatten der Netzwelt (2018)

A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.

Directors:

Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck

Writers:

Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck

Star:

Illma Gore

6 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Illma Gore	...	Herself

Storyline

When you post something on the web, can you be sure it stays there? Enter a hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn't like - violence, pornography and - political content. Who is controlling what we see and what we think?

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Plot Keywords:

big data | society | current affairs | politics | technology | 

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Taglines:

Who is controlling what we see...and what we think?

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion [Germany] official website gebrueder beetz filmproduktion

Country:

Germany Brazil Netherlands Italy USA Japan UK Sweden Austria Switzerland Denmark Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 2018 (Germany)

Also Known As:

The Cleaners

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion,Grifa Filmes,Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions

The issue presented is the readily fast deletion of information from social media. There are groups of paid cleaners (mostly outsourced) by the Corporate Internet; better known as Social Media. The deletion of facts through corporate policies, government silence, and the protection of family friendly optimism. In one instance being a photograph lacking content that is immediately erased because it shows harm to a child. The moral outrage of the image is that it doesn't belong on social media. The content shows it's an image outlining the government abuses in a country that doesn't have a voice to inform the rest of the world. It takes (maybe) all of 8 seconds to view & delete the image from Facebook. When you ask yourself, what's the best thing to do(?) Remove an image that could scare a young person or allow an image because it needs to be addressed?

'The Cleaners' provides examples of internet censorship and the harm it does to freedom. The current censorship in social media has become harshly political. Moderators with Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc are free to enforce their own political opinions on a world that can & will disagree with them. Unfortunately the film shows it from the same perspective as a Democratic voter. So much of it points at the current Republican administration that how would a younger audience know it began with the Democratic administration? It draws a line rather than being bold enough to admit both parties are responsible for censorship on a scale as large as the internet.