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The European Parliament has approved the Digital Services Act (DSA), a piece of legislation that sets out new rules for how internet companies should keep European users safe from online disinformation and illegal content, goods and services.
Under the DSA, the practice of targeting users online based on their religion, gender or sexual preferences will be banned, as will so-called dark patterns, deceptive web design aimed at encouraging people to unwillingly click on online content.
Large online platforms will also be forced to disclose what steps they are taking to tackle misinformation or propaganda, while victims of cyber violence and the non-consensual sharing of illegal content will be better protected with immediate takedowns.
[...] Companies that fail to comply will face fines of up to 6% of global turnover.
[...] For companies found to be in violation of those rules, the UK’s communications regulator Ofcom will have the power to block their services in the UK or issue fines of up to £18 million (US$23.7 million), or 10% of annual turnover.
(Score: 2) by Ingar on Wednesday April 27 2022, @07:59AM (2 children)
505. Can't blame the soylent editors though, same error if I use the link on the Euro Parliament's main page.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday April 27 2022, @09:21AM (1 child)
Both links are working fine for me in Europe. Is it just the EU act link you are having a problem with?
(Score: 2) by Ingar on Wednesday April 27 2022, @09:48AM
Seems to work fine now, thanks for checking.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2022, @08:13AM (1 child)
So... gay porn sites are forbidden from advertising to suspected gay men? Huh. Not collecting all the data that they're gay, just using it.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday April 28 2022, @02:11PM
The most holy Advertising for sacred $Money shall not be limited by this new law and may continue to target users with a bullseye on their back.
If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by RedGreen on Wednesday April 27 2022, @09:57AM (3 children)
Well past time for it to be done, these parasite corporations need to be brought to account for the damages they inflict on society. From all the chaos they allow to be foisted onto to society to the human costs in lives taken by their garbage spewed from them. Only thing missing is both the corporate and personal death penalties for those running them corporations. That would get them scumbags total attention to the details of getting it right. You allow people to be killed by the information you allow out there from your platform both it and you get to die as a result. I have become just slightly militant in my old age and these past few years of watching millions die because of this garbage spewed at all times from these god damn places has not improved my attitude on it one little bit.
"I modded down, down, down, and the flames went higher." -- Sven Olsen
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday April 27 2022, @12:29PM (2 children)
Nah, you're right over the target. You go ahead and do you.
Absolutely. And I'm tired of watching millions die from driving those damn cars instead of huddling safe, protected, warm, inside their mom's basement. Also, so, so tired of watching millions die from breathing oxygen that fills their bodies with those dangerous free radicals.
So we should stop those electrons from filling screens with horrible, terrible, scary information that is LITERALLY KILLING THEM.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by RedGreen on Wednesday April 27 2022, @01:43PM (1 child)
Whatever garbage go see how many more you scum can kill off with your trash seems to be the only thing you slime can accomplish. Certainly cannot do anything positive for the world like putting a bullet in your heads. The oh I am so hard done by crowd who had nothing but privilege in their life whining on constantly about it. How they have been disadvantaged by having all the advantages, poor little snowflakes be careful or them scary bogey men might come and get you. Now go take mommies tit back in your mouth and suck on it some more to get your nourishment before you go take daddies monster sized truck to go try to impress your friends.
"I modded down, down, down, and the flames went higher." -- Sven Olsen
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday April 27 2022, @07:35PM
I mean this sincerely: please go get your psych meds refilled. You are not speaking rationally.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2022, @11:55AM (2 children)
Dark patterns are now illegal. Yeaj!!!
That last part is also golden, cancelling subscriptions should be as easy as signing up! Now, if they also put that in the "offline" legislation that would be super nice.
While there are a few items I disagree with on the list, overall this is a clear win.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday April 27 2022, @12:31PM
Sigh. That is so. Racist. But what can we expect from a continent full of white supremacy? Of course they'll outlaw the dark patterns, while the white patterns are allowed to do whatever they want.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by hendrikboom on Thursday April 28 2022, @12:42AM
I really am tired of getting an ad instead of what I wanted because the web-page geometry changed while I was in the act of clicking.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2022, @04:02PM
Anything and everything the government does not like, can be labeled "disinformation" on a whim. Observe Russia wielding the tool - no wonder every bureaucrat everywhere in the world wants the same thing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2022, @06:48PM
"Large online platforms will also be forced to disclose what steps they are taking to tackle misinformation or propaganda, while victims of cyber violence"
IOW, making sure Whitey doesn't wake up while it's already poisoned national body is drained of blood.