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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
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 30 2017, @02:42AM (2 children)
Translation: It's alright to hate those that I hate, but if you hate what I like, then you are evil. Got it.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Saturday September 30 2017, @03:19AM
The two ACs may be immoral racist assholes, but they are not wrong with regards to evolution. Favouring those that are genetically similar to you is something that would be selected for.
To really understand evolution you need to put aside all arguments except pure utilitarianism at the gene level. The sole question is "Will this genetic trait result in more copies of the relevent gene in the next generation?". That's it. No morals, no strategy, no "benefit to the species", no goals.
If hating people who look different results in higher reproductive success at the gene level then it will be selected for.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @12:12AM
Well, who actually argues that you have to tolerate everyone? Do you tolerate murderers? Because I don't. Do you tolerate racists? I don't like them. We all have our own standards, even if you would not like to admit it.