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Furthermore, social media companies, search engines, content aggregators and other relevant internet intermediaries need to e.g. state in their agreements the rules that users must abide by, the terms of service governing the use of the social media platforms and what kind of content the company will prohibit (provided that such a prohibition is general and not prohibiting otherwise legal speech), and offering a quick and reliable appeals process for users who believe their content was illegally or improperly blocked or removed. As already mentioned, social media sites have already implemented content-moderation policies under which they remove certain content. Direct incitement to violence or illegal activity is not protected speech, and it can and should be barred from social media platforms and the internet.