Posted on 04/22/2022 12:33:15 PM PDT by janetjanet998
LONDON (AP) — Taking aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online, the European Union is nearing agreement on a sweeping law that would force big tech companies to police themselves harder, make it easier for users to flag problems, and empower regulators to punish noncompliance with billions in fines.
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more censorship
These systems will be standardized so that they will work the same way on any online platform.
That means “any national authority will be able to request that illegal content is removed, regardless of where the platform is established in Europe,” the EU’s single market commissioner, Thierry Breton, said on Twitter.
My goodness, even Hitler and Stalin would say this is taken too far! (/S)
Get a VPN, connect through a server in a free country. Watch and read what you wish.
“translation - more censorship”
BINGO!!!
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Screw the EU and their Hitler mentality. If they don’t like it they can block social media in their countries.
Hate Speech: Criticism of a liberal politician.
Disinformation: The truth about a liberal politician.
That is really all you need to know if you are so foolish as to want to read the WP, NYT, LAT and such and listen to the imbeciles at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC.
So really, these post-WW2 hate speech laws are the flip side of Hitler. More Stalinist than Nazi.
They are the same sort of people. They just differ in details.
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