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EU Gives Facebook, Twitter Final Warning on Hate Speech

posted by Fnord666 on Friday September 29 2017, @06:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-don't-say dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies have been given an ultimatum by the European Union: rid your platforms of hate speech or face legal consequences.

European regulators have been pushing social media firms to remove racist and violent posts from their platforms in a timely manner for years. Their patience is running out.

Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and Google have all pledged to do more. In May 2016, they promised to review a majority of hate speech flagged by users within 24 hours and to remove any illegal content.

But the European Commission, EU's top regulator, said Thursday they are still failing to act fast enough. It said it would pass laws allowing the EU to impose punishments on companies that fail to act.

"The situation is not sustainable: in more than 28% of cases, it takes more than one week for online platforms to take down illegal content," said Mariya Gabriel, the EU's top official in charge of the digital economy and society.

The Commission said it will consider implementing new laws to tackle the problem if the online platforms fail to "take swift action over the coming months."

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/28/technology/hate-speech-facebook-twitter-europe/index.html

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Friday September 29 2017, @10:19PM (1 child)

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <{axehandle} {at} {gmail.com}> on Friday September 29 2017, @10:19PM (#575098)

    So? They built a place and set the rules for that place. If you didn't like 'em, you could mosey on off somewhere else. What's wrong with that?

    Are you saying this doesn't also apply to Europe?

    Or were you being sarcastic?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @10:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @10:26PM (#575104)

    It applies to everyone, everywhere, the Lockean principles which state that when someone mixes their labor with an unclaimed resource, such a process is "ownership". Facebook and Twitter are private companies - if they want a presence in someone else's place, they need to follow the rules set forth by the owner.

    I'm a big fan of freedom and exclusive self-ownership, but there's barely one place on Earth where that claim is even laughably made. It ain't in Europe. Here's hoping that the people of Europe free themselves soon, though!