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YouTube CEO Calls for US to Offer Guidance on Hate Speech, Cites Europe’s “Much Stricter Hate Laws”
The US Supreme Court has already ruled that “hate speech” is protected under the First Amendment.
Angela Merkel’s Pro Article 13 CDU Party Just Got Slapped for Copyright Infringement
The CDU are learning about why Article 13 is so overreaching.
Facebook Lists EU Political Candidate Carl Benjamin as a Potential “Hate Agent”
This is likely to add to the many allegations of election meddling Facebook is currently facing.
YouTube Fully Demonetizes EU Political Candidate Carl Benjamin
This is the latest in a wave of attacks against Benjamin from the social media giants since he announced his political campaign.
Facebook Is Refusing to Run Political Ads Encouraging Citizens to Vote in the EU Election
Who knew that over-regulation of online speech, whether imposed or self-imposed, could end up producing “unintended consequences”? Well that would be just about every digital rights and freedoms outfit out there that has been warning about this possibility every time governments – the EU includ
Facebook Is Opening Up Its Data Trove to Researchers
Researchers will look into the websites Facebook users linked to, and also gain access to Crowdtangle data – a tool that publishers use to monitor content posting on Facebook.
European Parliament Approves EU Terrorist Content Regulation
The requirement for online platforms to take down terrorist content within an hour of being notified passed by just three votes.
EU Terrorist Content Regulation Plenary Vote in the European Parliament Confirmed for April 17
The regulation will require online platforms to take down what the EU deems to be “terrorist content” within one hour of it being uploaded.
EU Terrorist Content Regulation Law Adopted by European Parliament Committee
The Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee adopted the regulations with 35 votes in favor, one vote against, and eight abstentions.
The EU’s Terrorist Content Regulation Law Is Its Latest Badly-Thought-Out Disaster
Some are suggesting, at this point, the EU should perhaps leave this internet, and “build its own.”
France Shoots Itself in the Foot, Gets Blocked on Twitter Because of Their Own Dumb “Fake News” Law
Facebook and Google are reported to have already complied with the law by updating their services in France – but not Twitter.
The EU’s Rapid Alert System That Shares Info About “Fake News” Between Member States Is Now in Action
The European Commission has also enlisted help from “independent fact-checkers and researchers to detect and expose disinformation campaigns across social networks.