News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations. Parent comment

Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by pilsetnieks on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @09:39AM (#19970001)
> blackmail, n.: the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding money from someone in return for not revealing compromising information which one has about them.

Compromising information could be information of various kinds, not all of that evidence of illegal or immoral deeds.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by chrisseaton on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @10:38AM (#19970527)
But there's no compromising information at all, is there?
[ Parent | on HN ]