US refuses to sign France’s G7 online “hate speech” pledge
US social media companies had already delayed signing the pledge on Friday.
US social media companies had already delayed signing the pledge on Friday.
The app could potentially allow Facebook to mine even more highly personal data from its users.
YouTube automatically flagged and demonetized the video saying that it’s a copyright violation – despite it being in the public domain.
Facebook revoked the keys to Social Report without telling the company why. All of the clients who use the tool saw their posts disappear.
Multiple celebrities and even YouTube itself celebrated the landmark moment.
The account appears to have been taken over by the same group that hacked Shane Dawson, James Charles, King Bach, and other YouTubers.
Several critics, however, argue that the laws concerning hate speech may turn out to be archaic, and need to be amended or banned.
It would repeal the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002 (ePrivacy Directive) and is lex specialis to the General Data Protection Regulation.
The government says it won’t block mainstream sites, only smaller independent ones.