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Re:EU is planning to order websites to delete extremist cont... by sparkling on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:34AM (#17800212)
The EU usually makes little distinction between a 3 man startup and a multi national 5000 people company with their laws. They don't get that such laws only re-enforce and strengthen the position of the big dominant players (Facebook, Google, Twitter...) that have the legal capacity to deal with all this nonsense.
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Re:EU is planning to order websites to delete extremist cont... by pjmlp on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:40AM (#17800267)
That is how proper laws are supposed to work, there is no rich and poor's court.
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Re:EU is planning to order websites to delete extremist cont... by orbital-decay on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:46AM (#17800324)
In theory. In practice, there are a lot of ways to abuse that, for example by establishing a high entry barrier. The reality is always much more nuanced than ideologies.
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Re:EU is planning to order websites to delete extremist cont... by sparkling on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:41AM (#17800283)
I agree. Thats why you should not pass this law.
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