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Brussels’ plan to rein in Big Tech takes shape
The Commission is drawing up a list of actions tech companies can and can’t do, especially for the most powerful.
The EU is preparing for its biggest-ever effort to regulate the tech industry — drawing up extensive rules to govern what tech companies can and cannot do.
Three European Commission internal documents, seen by POLITICO, indicate that Brussels is drawing up a wide range of legislative tools to prohibit what it sees as anti-competitive behavior and oblige companies to do more to protect their users against illegal content and activities.
"This crisis has shown the role and the systemic character of certain platforms that often behave as if they were too big to care about legitimate concerns about their roles: too big to care," Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told the European Parliament this week, an apparent reference to "too big to fail," a criticism leveled at powerful banks after the 2008 financial crisis.
The Commission is expected to present its proposals, known collectively as the Digital Services Act (DSA), in December. The legislative package will include content moderation requirements applying to a wide range of online platforms, as well as so-called ex ante rules for the largest tech companies.
The plans come as Big Tech companies are under intense scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.politico.eu/article/digital-services-act-brussels-plan-to-rein-in-big-tech-takes-shape-thierry-breton-margrethe-vestager/
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https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SKM_C45820093011040.pdf
#eu #blacklist #bigtech #DSA #pdf
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The Commission is drawing up a list of actions tech companies can and can’t do, especially for the most powerful.
The EU is preparing for its biggest-ever effort to regulate the tech industry — drawing up extensive rules to govern what tech companies can and cannot do.
Three European Commission internal documents, seen by POLITICO, indicate that Brussels is drawing up a wide range of legislative tools to prohibit what it sees as anti-competitive behavior and oblige companies to do more to protect their users against illegal content and activities.
"This crisis has shown the role and the systemic character of certain platforms that often behave as if they were too big to care about legitimate concerns about their roles: too big to care," Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told the European Parliament this week, an apparent reference to "too big to fail," a criticism leveled at powerful banks after the 2008 financial crisis.
The Commission is expected to present its proposals, known collectively as the Digital Services Act (DSA), in December. The legislative package will include content moderation requirements applying to a wide range of online platforms, as well as so-called ex ante rules for the largest tech companies.
The plans come as Big Tech companies are under intense scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic.
👀 👉🏼 https://www.politico.eu/article/digital-services-act-brussels-plan-to-rein-in-big-tech-takes-shape-thierry-breton-margrethe-vestager/
👀 👉🏼 (PDF)
https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SKM_C45820093011040.pdf
#eu #blacklist #bigtech #DSA #pdf
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POLITICO
Brussels’ plan to rein in Big Tech takes shape
The Commission is drawing up a list of actions tech companies can and can’t do, especially for the most powerful.
The EU's Mass Censorship Regime Is Almost Fully Operational. Will It Go Global?
Government censorship of public online discourse in the West’s ostensibly liberal democracies has been largely covert until now, as revealed by the Twitter Files. But thanks to the EU’s Digital Services Act, it is about to become overt.
A little-known development will occur that could end up having huge repercussions for the nature of public discourse on the Internet all over the planet. August 25, 2023 is the date by which big social media platforms will have to begin fully complying with the European Union’s Digital Services Act, or DSA. The DSA, among many other things, obliges all “Very Large Online Platforms”, or VLOPs, to speedily remove illegal content, hate speech and so-called disinformation from their platforms. If not, they risk fines of up to 6% of their annual global revenue.
Shaping Europe’s digital future –
#EU #BigBrother #Censorship
#DSA
Government censorship of public online discourse in the West’s ostensibly liberal democracies has been largely covert until now, as revealed by the Twitter Files. But thanks to the EU’s Digital Services Act, it is about to become overt.
A little-known development will occur that could end up having huge repercussions for the nature of public discourse on the Internet all over the planet. August 25, 2023 is the date by which big social media platforms will have to begin fully complying with the European Union’s Digital Services Act, or DSA. The DSA, among many other things, obliges all “Very Large Online Platforms”, or VLOPs, to speedily remove illegal content, hate speech and so-called disinformation from their platforms. If not, they risk fines of up to 6% of their annual global revenue.
Shaping Europe’s digital future –
#EU #BigBrother #Censorship
#DSA
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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Lesnumeriques
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.
algorithmwatch@chaos.social - Major platforms' #DSA risk assessments are due this month. But how should they work in practice? In our latest report, AlgorithmWatch’s @MicheleLoi proposes a framework & methodology for measuring systemic risks to #FreeSpeech and media pluralism.
It is essential that EU and national regulators meaningfully include insights from civil society when implementing and enforcing the DSA. 👇
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/making-sense-of-the-digital-services-act/
#EU #Censorship
It is essential that EU and national regulators meaningfully include insights from civil society when implementing and enforcing the DSA. 👇
https://algorithmwatch.org/en/making-sense-of-the-digital-services-act/
#EU #Censorship
Direct Government Censorship Of The Internet Is Here - Activist Post – ActivistPost
Censorship of the Internet has been getting worse for years, but we just crossed a threshold which is going to take things to a whole new level. On August 25th, a new law known as the “Digital Services Act” went into effect in the European Union. Under this new law, European bureaucrats will be able to order big tech companies to censor any content that is considered to be “illegal”, “disinformation” or “hate speech”. That includes content that is posted by users outside of the European Union, because someone that lives in the European Union might see it. I wrote about this a few days ago, but I don’t think that people are really understanding the implications of this new law..
The EU’s Orwellian Internet Censorship Regime ━ The European Conservative
#EU #DSA #BigBrother #Censorship #surveillance #dystopia
Censorship of the Internet has been getting worse for years, but we just crossed a threshold which is going to take things to a whole new level. On August 25th, a new law known as the “Digital Services Act” went into effect in the European Union. Under this new law, European bureaucrats will be able to order big tech companies to censor any content that is considered to be “illegal”, “disinformation” or “hate speech”. That includes content that is posted by users outside of the European Union, because someone that lives in the European Union might see it. I wrote about this a few days ago, but I don’t think that people are really understanding the implications of this new law..
The EU’s Orwellian Internet Censorship Regime ━ The European Conservative
#EU #DSA #BigBrother #Censorship #surveillance #dystopia
Press Release (CSA Regulation): Who benefits from the EU Commission's mass surveillance law? - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The investigation published today confirms our worst fears: The most criticised European law touching on technology in the last decade is the product of the lobby of private corporations and law enforcement. Commissioner Johansson ignored academia and civil society in Europe while she shook hands with Big Tech in order to propose a law that will attempt to legalise mass surveillance and break encryption. “
#DSA #EU #UK #E2E #MassSurveillance #Surveillance #BigBrother
The investigation published today confirms our worst fears: The most criticised European law touching on technology in the last decade is the product of the lobby of private corporations and law enforcement. Commissioner Johansson ignored academia and civil society in Europe while she shook hands with Big Tech in order to propose a law that will attempt to legalise mass surveillance and break encryption. “
#DSA #EU #UK #E2E #MassSurveillance #Surveillance #BigBrother
EU probes Telegram, because size matters for regulators • The Register
"The European Union is reportedly looking into messaging app Telegram, and whether it has more users than the platform lets on.
EU officials are currently in discussions with Telegram concerning its user base according to Bloomberg, which cited unnamed sources. While Telegram officially claims it has just 41 million European users, local regulators are skeptical and suspect the actual user amount is higher. This is particularly relevant since platforms with 45 million or more users (termed very large online platforms or VLOPs) operating in the EU are subject to stricter rules of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA)."
Should Telegram be found to have more than 45 million EU users, it would qualify as a VLOP and potentially be responsible for the content hosted on the service.
Running afoul of the DSA could result in big fines up to 6 percent of revenue, or even banishment from the EU, if Telegram refuses to cooperate.
#Telegram #DSA #EU #Censorship
"The European Union is reportedly looking into messaging app Telegram, and whether it has more users than the platform lets on.
EU officials are currently in discussions with Telegram concerning its user base according to Bloomberg, which cited unnamed sources. While Telegram officially claims it has just 41 million European users, local regulators are skeptical and suspect the actual user amount is higher. This is particularly relevant since platforms with 45 million or more users (termed very large online platforms or VLOPs) operating in the EU are subject to stricter rules of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA)."
Should Telegram be found to have more than 45 million EU users, it would qualify as a VLOP and potentially be responsible for the content hosted on the service.
Running afoul of the DSA could result in big fines up to 6 percent of revenue, or even banishment from the EU, if Telegram refuses to cooperate.
#Telegram #DSA #EU #Censorship
The Register
EU probes Telegram, because size matters for regulators
Russian info slinger could be on the hook for posting disinformation