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EU’s new rules for tech giants are about to kick in: All you need to know
(www.aljazeera.com)
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So it's the "We can take down what we don't like"-Act
Oh God no, the horror that the EU could remove content that promotes hatred!
The problem is usually in the broadness of the definition. Less democratic regimes can easily use this to forbid material about opposing views and parties. Double-edged sword.
I think the problem is that social media has been used for great evil so an attempt to curb that is good.
At least it's a democratic body. Way better than Musk being in capricious control of deleting speech rights.
Cant less democratic regimes do that anyway?