A coherent response requires three levels of intervention.
The Digital Presumption: Reconstructing the Principle of Presumed Innocent in Online Environments presumed innocent en ligne
The principle of presumed innocent until proven guilty is a cornerstone of modern liberal legal systems. However, the migration of social, commercial, and judicial activities to online platforms (en ligne) has fundamentally destabilized this principle. This paper argues that digital environments—from social media moderation to algorithmic surveillance—systematically invert the presumption of innocence, replacing juridical due process with probabilistic risk management. By examining three distinct online spheres (private platform governance, criminal procedure involving digital evidence, and public discourse), this paper demonstrates that the classical presumption is neither technically nor culturally native to the digital space. It concludes by proposing a hybrid framework of procedural safeguards adapted to network architecture. A coherent response requires three levels of intervention