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SILENCE! EU’s censorship law is now legally enforceable across social media platforms and search eng
« on: August 30, 2023, 12:40:57 pm »
SILENCE! EU’s censorship law is now legally enforceable across social media platforms and search engines
08/29/2023 // Belle Carter // 1.3K Views
 

The Draconian Digital Services Act (DSA) has just been rolled out, forcing more than 40 online giants including Facebook, X, Google, and TikTok to better police the content they deliver within the European Union (EU) starting August 25. The EU Commission proposed the passage of the DSA in early 2022. It used the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "disinformation-misinformation" allegations as a convenient excuse to push for the anti-free speech law.

The legislation applies to any digital operation serving the EU, forcing them to be legally accountable for everything from fake news to manipulation of shoppers, Russian propaganda and criminal activity including child abuse. It also applies to large and small operators, but the rules are tiered, with the toughest obligations applying to 17 companies including Facebook and Amazon that have been designated as "very large online platforms," and two "very large online search engines:" Google and Bing.

EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton posted on X on the day the act was put into effect, expressing his excitement for a "safer internet for everyone."

"These systemic platforms play a very important role in our daily lives — so it was time for the EU to set our own rules," he said in the caption.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-08-29-eus-censorship-law-legally-enforceable-social-media.html
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Re: SILENCE! EU’s censorship law is now legally enforceable across social media platforms and search
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2023, 09:31:34 am »
Fought the Nazis to have free speech back.

Fought off communism to get free speech back.

Pissed it all away over a lab grown pathogen that killed a very small percentage of those infected, to deny medicine that does work to sell medicine that doesn't. **nononono*
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Re: SILENCE! EU’s censorship law is now legally enforceable across social media platforms and search
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2023, 01:30:26 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on August 31, 2023, 09:31:34 am
Fought the Nazis to have free speech back.

Fought off communism to get free speech back.

Pissed it all away over a lab grown pathogen that killed a very small percentage of those infected, to deny medicine that does work to sell medicine that doesn't. **nononono*

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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2023, 02:57:09 pm »
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Re: SILENCE! EU’s censorship law is now legally enforceable across social media platforms and search
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2023, 03:02:43 pm »
What's interesting about this is that if those tech giants choose to comply with these EU requirements, then the argument to repeal Section 230 of the CDA here in the U.S. becomes much stronger because they'll already be engaged in active policing of their content.
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