Thierry Breton
EU commissioner pushes Twitter to comply with censorship laws
Musk says he will comply.
EU tells TikTok to prepare to censor “misinformation,” harmful content
Starting this year.
EU to Elon Musk’s Twitter: “We will have control, we will have access, people will no longer be able to say [just] anything.”
Demands Musk hires more censors.
The EU reminds Elon Musk about its censorship laws
Clipping the bird’s wings.
Elon Musk supports the EU’s DSA that fines platforms that don’t censor “misinformation,” “hate speech”
Musk says the Digital Services Act is “exactly aligned” with his thinking. But it’s unclear how much he knows about what it entails.
Europe extends its coronavirus “disinformation” surveillance campaign
Extended until at least the summer.
European lawmakers, who salivated over Facebook “whistleblower” hearing, plot censorship
A convenient opportunity.
The EU wants to give itself greater powers to punish tech companies that don’t censor enough
The EU wants to score tech companies on how promptly they take down users’ posts.
Netflix announces streaming at standard definition for EU customers during the next 30 days
The coronavirus quarantine has put video traffic at an all time high.
Netflix CEO discusses streaming in standard definition by default to reduce bandwidth during quarantines
An EU official is worried about internet infrastructure under heavy load.