“Preventing harmful content from spreading”– The EU is seen as the global leader in tech regulation, and ‘regulation’ means censorship.
Brutal EU Censorship Regime Takes Hold, YouTube Adopts WHO ‘Misinformation’ Policy
Originally published via Armageddon Prose:
What follows is an unholy trinity of highly incestuous stories that I’ve covered on an individual basis elsewhere and that I’ll try to briefly synthesize here:
· 1) Medieval EU Censorship Regime Goes Into Full Effect
2) Elon Musk Folds Like a Lawn Chair to EU Censorship Regime
· 3) YouTube Adopts WHO ‘Medical Misinformation’ Censorship Regime
Related: U.S. Government Now Using AI to Suss Out ‘Sentiment and Emotion’ in Social Media Posts
On the first score, Via Reuters:
“More than a dozen of the world’s biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency.
From Friday, a host of internet giants – including Meta’s (META.O) Facebook and Instagram platforms, Apple’s online App Store, and a handful of Google (GOOGL.O) services – will face new obligations in the EU, including preventing harmful content from spreading, banning or limiting certain user-targeting practices, and sharing some internal data with regulators and associated researchers…
The EU is seen as the global leader in tech regulation, with more wide-ranging pieces of legislation – such as the Digital Markets Act and the AI Act – on the way. The bloc’s success in implementing such laws will influence the introduction of similar rules around the world.”
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