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Social Media Faces EU Fine If Terror Lingers for an Hour

posted by janrinok on Monday August 20 2018, @11:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the demanding-the-impossible dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

From the BBC.

The European Commission is planning to order websites to delete extremist content on their sites within an hour to avoid the risk of being fined. The regulation would affect Twitter, Facebook and YouTube among others. The crackdown would lead to the EU abandoning its current approach - where the firms self-police - in favour of explicit rules.

The shake-up comes in the wake of high-profile terror attacks across Europe over the past few years.

Julian King, the EU's commissioner for security, told the Financial Times [Subscription required] that the EU would "take stronger action in order to protect our citizens".

The BBC has confirmed the details of the report.

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @12:48AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @12:48AM (#723996)

    The EU could have done what Israel does with refugees. Israel meets the bare minimum treaty requirements by providing a miserable-but-safe camp in which refugees may stay. Unsurprisingly, this makes Israel an unpopular destination for refugees.

    Another option is just to invoke national security: reject the refugees.

    Merkle and many other European leaders fail to care about the future of Europe. They have no children, so why would they care? The fact that the EU is getting overrun by savages just doesn't matter if you are rich, childless, and old.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday August 21 2018, @01:16AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 21 2018, @01:16AM (#724002) Journal

    Merkle and many other European leaders fail to care about the future of Europe.

    For some definition of "fail".
    It's likely the mentality of "Fuck you, I gotta get mine" is strong within some of the A/C Americans. Any rationalization you can offer for this?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday August 21 2018, @02:36AM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 21 2018, @02:36AM (#724034) Journal

    They have no children, so why would they care?

    Here's an idea: Those people who have no skin in the game shouldn't be permitted to hold high office!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @04:22AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @04:22AM (#724047)

      Agreed. But we also gotta eliminate those with skin in the game as they are obviously biased and have conflicts of interest.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @10:47AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21 2018, @10:47AM (#724106)

      Those people who have no skin in the game

      What, the Americans are using napalm again?