The European Union introduced fresh measures this week to limit American speech on social media platforms, claiming the move is needed to protect democracy.
EU lawmakers say the initiative targets “foreign interference” and “illegal content,” but it’s raising concerns among free speech advocates in the United States.
EU officials intensified the enforcement of the Digital Services Act at a parliamentary session this week, claiming it’s aimed at countering “foreign interference” and “hate speech” on social media platforms, legal advocacy group ADF International said in a statement.
The Act, which took effect last February, compels social media companies to remove “illegal content” or face penalties of up to 6% of their global annual turnover.
MEPs from across the political spectrum debated these requirements this week, citing concerns that the legislation might affect users even outside Europe, including those in the U.S., ADF Internation added. […]
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Fuck the EU
I agree
Good, tell the EU to phuck off and stop broadcasting their political crap and domestic problems all over the web, and mind their own damn business instead of america’s. Then, they want to turn around and tell us wahat to say or not to say, sorry, doesn’t work that way. Maybe you can hire that russian cargo boat to drag anchor over the transatlantic cables, that would probably do the job nicely. Or, just establish the .us internet domain and firewall it so the EU states can’t access it or the screen turns orange when they do. We can have our free and open internet, and they can have their censorship. Happy islam lol have fun being subjugated and hypnotized and spied on.
Bert33 – apt post.
Hmmm
In America citizens have a form of government which is defined by their “Constitution” . Pay particular attention to what is not included in the “First Amendment”; no exceptions, no exemptions, no limitations. Specifically “Congress shall make no law….abridging the freedom of speech…..or the right of the people peaceably to assemble….”
The very first Amendment to that Constitution by the Founding Fathers in its entirety
Amendment I : “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
However, one reviewing the issue of criticising jews, zionists and/or israel in public, bear in mind that jews, zionists and the State of Israel are all free to criticize any religion, political ideology or country confirms they are demanding a suspension of not just the First Amendment, but also the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
“The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides “nor shall any State … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Wikipedia
Obviously, when one group(s) is free to speak out against all other groups, but none of the other groups are free to speak out against them, in effect they have been elevated to Master and all other are subordinate. News flash, this effort is going to end badly for those who believe they have elevated rights and priveleges and try to deny them to all others. It is not just my opinion: History is replete with a long, long, list of despots, tyrannts, magalomaniacs, criminals, thieves and plain old fashioned pschyopaths who all tried and failed.
Hmmm
It is a form of censorship when your forum automatically deletes basic grammatical form thus turning comments into a jumbled mess. In other words, not very discerning at all is it…