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Silicon Valley is a uniquely American creation, the product of an entrepreneurial spirit and no-holds-barred capitalism that now drives many aspects of modern life.
But the likes of Facebook, Google and Apple are increasingly facing an uncomfortable truth: it is Europe's culture of tougher oversight of companies, not America's laissez-faire attitude, which could soon rule their industry as governments seek to combat fake news and prevent extremists from using the internet to fan the flames of hatred.
While the U.S. has largely relied on market forces to regulate content in a country where free speech is revered, European officials have shown they are willing to act. Germany recently passed a law imposing fines of up to 50 million euros ($59 million) on websites that don't remove hate speech within 24 hours. British Prime Minister Theresa May wants companies to take down extremist material within two hours. And across the EU, Google has for years been obliged to remove search results if there is a legitimate complaint about the content's veracity or relevance.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 03 2017, @05:32PM (2 children)
Require google to mod down on court order, and forbid real names on facebork or insist that all posts are private unless explicitly and individually marked public, require warrants to collect any personal information these companies hold, and require specific opt in for any personal information collection as well as compensation for sales or trading of that information.
The wholesale violation of peoples expectations of privacy have created a wonderland for fascists and moral majority types, stop the flow of information you stop the violence that comes from it. Just stop trying to monitor every aspect of peoples lives for private profit, the Dutched burned their hall of records when the Nazis invaded for a reason
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 03 2017, @09:48PM (1 child)
This time the Nazis learned, it's not "Nineteen eighty four" but "Brave new world"...
If you're not familiar with the books, go fix that tonight. There's a library close by.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @04:18AM
> There's a library close by.
Socialist!