24. Following the hearing of the parties to the petition on Aug. 3, 2020, we ordered the Respondents to supplement their arguments, inter alia, in regard to parallel arrangements in other countries. 25. The Respondents did so, and in that context, presenting examples from comparative law, they reiterated their arguments that internet platform operators have broad discretion in deciding whether or not to remove publications, and that the Respondents’ authority to act in the framework of the voluntary mechanism is grounded in their power to enforce the rule of law and to protect the public interest. Therefore, in their view, they are permitted to act to bring about the removal of harmful internet publications that appear to violate criminal law, and that this is in accordance with the auxiliary power granted to them as an administrative agency (in our case, in reliance upon sec. 17(b) of the Interpretation Law). The Respondents also repeated their arguments that the reporting of publications overwhelmingly concerns instances of expression that can harm state security, and that the referrals are made subject to the fulfilment of a number of cumulative criteria, demonstrating that the governmental agencies and the State Attorney’s Office will only act in this area in exceptional, extreme circumstances. 26. Turning to comparative law, it is argued that a number of democratic states and international bodies also address this subject through voluntary enforcement, without any specific, express authority in primary legislation, and that the world now agrees that this is the only effective means for the removal of violating publications from the internet, and that otherwise a situation of total anarchy would emerge, in which everyone would do as he sees fit, while violating local criminal law. In this regard, it is further argued that international arrangements and regulatory guidelines applicable under European law serve as the source of authority for voluntary enforcement by states and various bodies in the European Union in the matter of removing harmful publications from the internet. Examples of this were provided from France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, and Great Britain. Thus, for example, in 2016, the European Union signed an arrangement with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube that outlines the treatment of hate publications by means of the internal reporting mechanisms of the internet platforms. These arrangements were later joined by such companies as Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok. Pursuant to the arrangement, various bodies