ilumium@eupolicy.social - Looks like we don't need laws after all for platforms to opportunistically suppress political user content: In 🇫🇷 #France, a #Snapchat #lobbyist admitted in a parliamentary hearing that the company was "proud" to have collaborated "hand in hand with the interior ministry" to make sure only user content critical of the mass protests was shown on #SnapMaps.
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#censorship #centralisation #contentmoderation #DigitalServicesAct #DSA
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Snapchat a-t-il admis avoir bidonné la Snap Map pendant les émeutes ?
Une cadre de Snapchat a expliqué que la branche française du réseau social a modéré la Snap Map pour ne plus faire apparaître de contenu consacré aux troubles, en ne publiant que les photos et vidéos critiques envers les émeutiers.
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Freedom of speech dying a slow death in Europe – https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/freedom-of-speech-dying-a-slow-death-in-europe
Orwellian laws and the new “criminals”
Europe has accelerated down a path of regulation that treats speech itself as a danger to be managed by the State and its corporate enforcers. This is clearly reflected in the bloc’s supranational tools for speech suppression. The Digital Services Act (DSA) compels very large online platforms (VLOPs) to assess and mitigate “systemic risks” and platforms must act swiftly on notifications of illegal material or face fines up to 6% of global annual turnover. Though it claims to balance rights, the DSA’s risk-assessment mandates and enforcement mechanisms encourage over-compliance, leading to collateral censorship of lawful but controversial or unpopular speech.
That’s because the #DSA doesn’t just cover outright illegal content, hate speech, and threats to fundamental rights, but also "disinformation" and “any actual or foreseeable negative effects on civic discourse and electoral processes”. These are intentionally vague terms of course, as speech that has a “negative impact on public discourse” can literally be anything the establishment doesn’t like. Another “systemic risk” that the DSA compels platforms to screen for is content that can have “serious negative consequences to the person’s physical and mental well-being”. That could also literally mean anything, including just being offended by another person’s opinions.
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Fuck the #EU #Dystopia #BigBrother
#DigitalServicesAct #Censorship
Freedom of speech dying a slow death in Europe – https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/freedom-of-speech-dying-a-slow-death-in-europe
Orwellian laws and the new “criminals”
Europe has accelerated down a path of regulation that treats speech itself as a danger to be managed by the State and its corporate enforcers. This is clearly reflected in the bloc’s supranational tools for speech suppression. The Digital Services Act (DSA) compels very large online platforms (VLOPs) to assess and mitigate “systemic risks” and platforms must act swiftly on notifications of illegal material or face fines up to 6% of global annual turnover. Though it claims to balance rights, the DSA’s risk-assessment mandates and enforcement mechanisms encourage over-compliance, leading to collateral censorship of lawful but controversial or unpopular speech.
That’s because the #DSA doesn’t just cover outright illegal content, hate speech, and threats to fundamental rights, but also "disinformation" and “any actual or foreseeable negative effects on civic discourse and electoral processes”. These are intentionally vague terms of course, as speech that has a “negative impact on public discourse” can literally be anything the establishment doesn’t like. Another “systemic risk” that the DSA compels platforms to screen for is content that can have “serious negative consequences to the person’s physical and mental well-being”. That could also literally mean anything, including just being offended by another person’s opinions.
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Fuck the #EU #Dystopia #BigBrother
#DigitalServicesAct #Censorship