Posted on 10/07/2019 6:10:40 AM PDT by caww
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that 'EU governments can order Facebook to take down content worldwide' after a (Green/leftist/PROGRESSIVE) Austrian politician was insulted online.
The Green politician demanded Facebook Ireland,** which manages Facebook in Europe**, remove the post, and secured an Austrian court order commanding it when the U.S. subsidiary failed to comply — but was not satisfied when the social media giant only restricted the content in Austria.
Now the Court of Justice of the European Union has decreed that censorship orders issued by 'ANY' EU state can apply globally, as EU law “does not preclude [a] host provider from being ordered to remove worldwide information disseminated via a social network platform”.
The EU judges rejected Facebook’s arguments that this would curb online free speech in third countries which do not allow the sort of state censorship which Glawischnig-Piesczek demanded.
They also ruled that EU does not “preclude a host provider which operates a social network platform from being ordered, in the context of an injunction, to seek and identify, among all the information disseminated by users of that platform, the information identical to the information that has been characterised as illegal” — i.e. other content repeating the “illegal information” about Glawischnig-Piesczek.
“The ruling also means that a court in one EU member-state will be able to order the removal of social media posts in other countries, even if they are not considered unlawful there. This would set a dangerous precedent where the courts of one country can control what internet users in another country can see. This could be open to abuse, particularly by regimes with weak human rights records.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Dumb broads think they an enforce that.
Leave it to leftist progressive feminista’s and this is what you get....she was “triggered” because she was called names! Ha!
FB compliance will be limited to silencing conservatives.
Not surprising.
The EU supports prostitution, slavery, pedophilia, child abuse and basically everything Islam stands for. They are also arrogant enough to think that their opinions, rules and laws extent outside of their borders to include the whole world.
Screw the damn EU. A bunch of socialist cry babies.
I see you have the big picture of where this ultimately is leading. ...esepcially so if we don’t keep Trump and continue to win thereafter. The Dems and some in the GOPe are in lockstep with the EU visions.
The EU cares nothing aout the illegals nor migrants except their false assumptions they can control them......muslims demand/protest and resort to violence when they do not get what they believe they are ‘entitled’ to. Euopreans are to
‘provide’ for them as their “allah” has told them this is their due.
Karma hits facebook. Zuckerloser thought he could shape Facebook speech to his own interests by lobbying and encouraging the state to be empowered in censoring content critical of him and ends up being censored himself period.
Once again, road to hell paved with “good” intentions.
Had facebook simply championed to let speech flow instead of posturing the site as a Washington Post replacement, we would not be there.
This will never pass the mustard in the US.....well at least as long as Trump is in office. I find it revealing obama handed over to Ireland control...and the EU internet based there...one of the stupidist things he did.
This will never pass the mustard in the US.....well at least as long as Trump is in office. I find it revealing obama handed over to Ireland control...and the EU internet based there...one of the stupidist things he did.
This will never pass the mustard in the US.....well at least as long as Trump is in office. I find it revealing obama handed over to Ireland control...and the EU internet based there...one of the stupidist things he did.
That’s a thumps up!
Well the whole idea is to chip away at US Sovereignty....both within our government and by the EU leadership...needless saying China and Russia are also on board.
Libs only want free speech for themselves....they just fail to announce that is the case.
Well the whole idea is to chip away at US Sovereignty....both within our government and by the EU leadership...needless saying China and Russia are also on board.
Libs only want free speech for themselves....they just fail to announce that is the case.
Yes....but obvious she has connections to have taken it this far....Like hillary who pulls out her leverage cards to be heard and seen.
The EU is like the Libs here.....they don’t have concerns if acceptable or not when they try these antics....they just want it out there and repeated until the public finds it palatable....and they assuredly will over time in the European public.
Europeans will go the way of China....they want government control because they are so willfully blind to reality.
Europeans will go the way of China....they want government control because they are so willfully blind to reality.
oh my gosh!....Can you imagine what the Guards of these criminals have to endure! Insanity reigns!
I suspect those countries you mentioned will not matter in the long run when the Primary countries btain the majority ‘rule’....lots of shifting in the EU but in the end it will level out to a few country leaders who will call the shots.
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