More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency.
  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - More than a dozen of the world’s biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency.

    Two of the companies singled out for early regulation – e-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN.O) and German fashion retailer Zalando (ZALG.DE) – are currently challenging their inclusion on the list in court.

    “We can expect that platforms will fight tooth and nail to defend their practices,” said Kingsley Hayes, head of data and privacy litigation at law firm Keller Postman.

    The organization submitted 13 ads containing harmful content for approval, including one inciting violence against immigrants and another calling for the assassination of a prominent Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

    This year Global Witness, another nonprofit, claimed Facebook, TikTok and Google’s YouTube had all approved ads inciting violence against the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community in Ireland.

    In July, Amazon filed a legal challenge with the Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe’s second highest, arguing that bigger rivals in these countries had not been designated.

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  • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Lots of regulation around misinformation and hate speech and what not, but no talk about actually regulating what people and companies can post and advertise on social media? Why not go after the source as well?

    As far as I know AI moderation at that scale and accuracy isn’t possible at the moment, and I’m glad that they’re lighting a fire under these companies asses to figure it out, but I’m not convinced a single prong approach is the way to go to actually solve the problem.

    Correct me if I’m missing something though, this sort of regulation isn’t my area of expertise.

    • HenriVolneyOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Can’t tell either. Seems to be one piece of a broader policy, along with GRDP and another one coming up, which name I forgot

      • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        The GDPR is based on privacy and doesn’t tackle misinformation specifically. You might mean the DMA as the other one, which is coming into enforcement soon, but that’s more around fair competition, not misinformation. Afaik the DSA is the only regulation from the EU that’s going after misinformation, but only on the platform side.

      • lorez@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 year ago

        GRDP doesn’t seem to work very well. I asked Reddit for my data on July the 1st. I still received nothing.

        • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
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          1 year ago

          You should follow up with Reddit. They can extend by a couple months if the request is complex, but they should have notified you of this in 30 days. If they don’t respond you’ll have to reach out to your DPA (data protection authority) and put in a complaint.

          The GDPR is just regulation, you have to make the complaint if you want your DPA to enforce it. They don’t know you’ve made the request unless you tell them.

          • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Assuming they are from the EU, yes they absolutely can and should.