2023-07-10 16:00:00
DISPATCH – Emmanuel Macron mentioned it during the riots, Thierry Breton assures today that it will be done well. From August 25, 2023, social networks must immediately delete “hateful content” or incitement “to revolt”, under penalty of being cut off throughout the territory. Loud cries from internet users.
The deadline is set by the EU Digital Services Regulation (DSA) since October 2022. On paper, the idea is to better “supervise the platforms” to “better protect Europeans”. Concretely, it is a lot of constraints that encroach on freedom of expression.
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Guest of France Info this Monday, July 10, European Commissioner Thierry Breton explained “From August 25, European law will apply. […] When there will be hateful content, or content that calls for revolt, or even killing, [les plateformes] will have the obligation in the moment to erase them. If they do not, they will be immediately sanctioned. We have teams that can intervene immediately.” So the platforms will receive a fine, as well as a ban on operating on European territory.
He also assures that from August 25, social networks will have to demonstrate that they have taken measures to be able to enforce the law. “Mark Zuckerberg confirmed to me that he hired 1,000 people to do this,” he says.
On said social networks, some deplore the lack of freedom of expression, denounce “censorship”, even warn against “dictatorship”…
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