Posted on 04/26/2023 8:31:55 AM PDT by Red Badger
The European Commission announced on Tuesday a slew of social media platforms and other Big Tech websites that will come under stricter content moderation surrounding so-called hate speech and disinformation by the summer.
Under the European Union’s recently adopted Digital Services Act (DSA), which the bloc has described as providing “an unprecedented level of public oversight” on the internet, the European Commission will place at least 19 online platforms under its strictest level of censorship by August 25th.
Announcing the measure, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton said: “With great scale comes great responsibility,” adding: “They will not be able to act as if they are too big to care.”
So far, the Commission has identified Alibaba AliExpress, Amazon Store, Apple AppStore, Bing, Booking.com, Facebook, Google Play, Google Maps, Google Search, Google Shopping, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, and Zalando as those in need of stricter ‘content moderation’.
The Digital Services Act specifies that websites or online platforms with at least 45 million users within the EU will come under more regulatory scrutiny, under the premise that they hold a special responsibility to police the internet and provide “safety” for their user base, with the legislation greatly expanding the ability of Brussels to police so-called ‘hate speech’ and ‘disinformation’.
Those that fail to comply with the censorship law by February of 2024 will face fines from the EU of up to six per cent of their global revenue as well as face a potential ban from Europe entirely.
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The meme ban and link tax regs were a preview of coming attractions.
Pity the warning wasn’t heeded.
Globalist are getting impatient and want a purge.
Well, the EU doesn’t moderate content. They just want the social media companies to do it for them, and if they won’t, then they’ll get hit with massive fines.
The better strategy for the social media companies is just to shut off access to anyone with an Euro IP address and carry on as usual.
Für deine Gesundheit!.......................
Hate speech is anything opposed to the plutocrat narrative on any topic.
They should be careful what they ask for.
They might get it....................
IOW, a TAX ON SPEECH....................
Remember, the EU is fighting the russians for FREEDOM!
And this is why we must interpret the First Amendment as applying to all forms of mass communications. We cannot allow foreign governments to censor American speech.
I suppose you can call it that, but it’s more like a punitive tax. Like when the states levied fines of tens of thousands of dollars a day when a hairdresser opened during the lockdown. You can’t just choose “free speech” and pay the fines, since the fines will be exorbitant enough that your business would soon be bankrupt if you tried that.
The EU is a Satanic cesspool that should be destroyed.
I hope the Must pulls all operations from the EU and tells them to stick it.
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