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posted by martyb on Friday November 03 2017, @03:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-you-see-depends-on-where-you-are dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday November 03 2017, @10:50PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 03 2017, @10:50PM (#591920) Journal

    And at the end of the day, whoever is right will prevail.

    Yes, the question of relevance and veracity - you have quite a statement of faith there.

    Then the question of cost to determine what's true and what's relevant. We live in fake-news post-truth world. Do you really want to embrace it?
    This cost is relevant. High enough cost and it won't be at the and of the day, it may be at the end of the week - in which time you may be forced to take decisions based on false information (or lack of any information, the cost of finding the relevant one being too high for your time budget). Maybe the end of the week will find you in debt to some loan sharks based on your decision.

    How about whatever or whoever is right will never prevail in your life time? How about never?

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