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The EU Approves Sweeping Draft Regulations On Social Media Giants
"The European Union took a significant step Thursday toward passing legislation that could transform the way major technology companies operate," reports the Washington Post, "requiring them to police content on their platforms more aggressively and introducing new restrictions on advertising, among other provisions...."

"The legislation is the ... ⌘ Read more
@movq / @lyse What can you tell us about these incoming changes to EU policy? 🤔
@movq / @lyse What can you tell us about these incoming changes to EU policy? 🤔
@prologic Not much. First time I heard about it, to be honest. 🙈 Scrolling through the articles on netzpolitik.org, it *could* be a good thing? But it’s a large “package”, there could be nasty stuff hidden. It’s still a work-in-progress, there’s no final version yet. 🤷
@prologic Not much. First time I heard about it, to be honest. 🙈 Scrolling through the articles on netzpolitik.org, it *could* be a good thing? But it’s a large “package”, there could be nasty stuff hidden. It’s still a work-in-progress, there’s no final version yet. 🤷
@prologic Not much. First time I heard about it, to be honest. 🙈 Scrolling through the articles on netzpolitik.org, it *could* be a good thing? But it’s a large “package”, there could be nasty stuff hidden. It’s still a work-in-progress, there’s no final version yet. 🤷
@movq Yeah I realize it's new. Well let's keep an eye on the progression here this new EU policy and try ot make sure we do everything in our power (_as little as that may be_) to ensure the "right" policy is put in place 👌
@movq Yeah I realize it's new. Well let's keep an eye on the progression here this new EU policy and try ot make sure we do everything in our power (_as little as that may be_) to ensure the "right" policy is put in place 👌
@prologic Yes, like @movq this is the first time I heard about this. Reading the excerpt, I couldn't care less. This topic doesn't interest me at all. ;-)
@prologic @movq @lyse It says "Violations could in future be punished with fines of up to 6% of a company's annual revenue" and seems to mostly target algorithms and advertising, so as a platform with no algorithms, no advertising and no revenue, we're all good. Even if we aren't, up to 6% of our annual revenue of 0 is still a 0 dollar fine. 😂👌
@thecanine I love your style of thinking 😍
@thecanine I love your style of thinking 😍