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European Content Removal Laws Are Scrubbing The Internet Of Completely Legal Content

submitted by dosvydanya_freedomz to technology 10 monthsJun 14, 2024 10:18:15 ago (+20/-0)     (www.techdirt.com)

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/13/european-content-removal-laws-are-scrubbing-the-internet-of-completely-legal-content/

A lot of laws have been passed in Europe that regulate the content American companies can carry. Most of these laws were passed to tamp down on speech that would be otherwise legal in the United States, but not so much in Europe where free speech rights aren’t given the same sort of protections found in the US.

Since most of the larger tech companies maintained overseas offices, they were subject to these laws. Those laws targeted everything from terrorist-related content to “hate speech” to whatever is currently vexing legislators. Attached to these mandates were hefty fines and the possibility of being asked to exit these countries completely.


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[ - ] o0shad0o 0 points 10 monthsJun 14, 2024 20:25:37 ago (+0/-0)

Really surprised more Balkanized services haven't sprung up or become more popular. Would it be worth not having any income from the EU if the companies that do keep hemorrhaging users in your direction because their content or the information they want was deleted?

[ - ] GreenSaint 1 point 10 monthsJun 14, 2024 19:57:13 ago (+1/-0)

Welcome to the new world order bro. This is only temporary. Dont worry. They’ll only suppress us till they have robots who can pull off what we do then they’ll have us all
Killed. I give it 50 years tops.