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Fraud, scams, and "unfair" terms and conditions all need to be cleaned up on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, the European Commission has said—warning the US firms that any failure to comply with the order will lead to sanctions.
It comes after the trio of free content ad networks were put on notice in November last year, when Brussels' officials asked the companies to address two areas of concern.
Facebook, Twitter, and Google—all of which are routinely blasted by regulators and lawmakers in Europe—have one month to submit proposals for how they plan to comply with the EU's demands. If their offers come up short against the bloc's regulatory framework, then consumer authorities could threaten to take enforcement action, the commission said.
"Given the growing importance of online social networks it is time to make sure that our strong EU rules, that are there to protect consumers from unfair practices, are complied with in this sector," said Brussels' justice commissioner, Vera Jourová.
"It is not acceptable that EU consumers can only call on a court in California to resolve a dispute. Nor can we accept that users are deprived of their right to withdraw from an online purchase. Social media companies also need to take more responsibility in addressing scams and fraud happening on their platforms."
The commission—citing the Unfair Contract Terms Directive—wants the companies' terms of service to "be brought into conformity with European consumer law."
Source: ArsTechnica
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday March 21 2017, @03:28PM (2 children)
Cool.
Although... here's one nagging fact: Agent Orange unexpectedly won while still playing by the (letter of the) rules; this means somehow he got elected, vigilance in regards with the respect/observation of the rules would not have prevented the outcome.
So... vigilance against what/who? And when was the best moment... ummm.... vigorous vigilant actions where required?
That's one of the fathers they "killed" by forgetting about him in their daily sheepish consumption.
So far, USA didn't go quite all the way to tyranny. Even if only to the fact that the two... umm... "masters" (political creatures and corporations) have an uneasy love-hate relation but maintain their individuality and drive/interests.
I'd say the USA people were stupidly tricked in accepting subservience. If rephrasing your question to fit this description, my answer would be:
"For certain, stupidity is NOT cured by demagogy, no matter how witty or cultured. Teaching or creating critical thinking abilities may be a start".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday March 23 2017, @06:32AM (1 child)
c0lo, in his near infinite wisdom, says:
"For certain, stupidity is NOT cured by demagogy, no matter how witty or cultured. Teaching or creating critical thinking abilities may be a start".
And Aristarchus, in his much below infinite pedantry, has to point out that the word is "demagogery"! From the Greek,(duh), δῆμος, and also the Greek, lead: άγω, so δημαγωγός, leader of the people. This term has developed negative connotations that I think it does not deserve, because I think, that even Trump voters cannot be lead into the black hole that is Paul Ryan's Ayn Randian universe where no one but the rich, and Ayn Rand, get health care, because that is just how the chips, the Koch chips, have fallen. As the great American demagogue said, (no, it is not Donald, his hands are too small), "You can fool some of the people all the time, [Ironically, we call these people "Republicans" today!], and you can fool all of the people some of the time [today we refer to this as "Ronald Reagan"], but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time!" This is, of course, what Trump is counting on. But this is how America has improved on Greek democracy; it is not possible for a clown like Trump to lead the entire nation into something so stupid as attacking Poland. What? He just tweeted that? Oh My God, and My God Is Not Polish, or MGINP, for short, for demagogic purposes. Oh, just forget the whole thing. Paul Ryan for ex-congressman. Wisconsin, seriously, CheeseHeads is one thing, but this idiot? Primary him, if you want the Republican party to live! And even if you don't! Win-win situation! Seriously.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 23 2017, @11:18AM
Magister, you convinced me that demagoguery, at its peak, it truly an art form. A form, that is... but a form which allows the spectator to recognize it as her/his own and then, imperfect as human are, fill it with her/his own content.
It is, if you allow me a metaphor, like an artful colouring book - everyone can fill in the outlines their own choice of colours and the result will look good for her/him. Maybe it will look good for others with the same taste in colour matching, but certainly not appreciated by all.
At least, in the part above, you made it easy for me to scrap away your choice of colours and recognize the outline as drawn by the original demagogue.
Unfortunately, on this picture, the colours seeped so much that the outline (if there was one) is no longer visible to me.
I can appreciate the colourful exuberance of the result, but I can get no coherent message from the picture.
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(english language is crazy: "demagogic purposes" is correct, but "demagogy" is flawed. I'm left wondering why "demagoguerical purposes" is flawed - grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford