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Re:EU says social platforms can be ordered to take down unla... by matthewmacleod on Friday October 04, 2019 @08:37AM (#21156998)
This is an intentionally misleading headline which seeks to play into the US tech community’s carefully nurtured scepticism about regulation originating from the EU.

What has actually happened: the CJEU has decided that EU law does not place a restriction on member states’ legal systems with regard to whether or not they can issue injunctions or request content be blocked worldwide. It is a case of the CJEU deciding that EU law does not affect existing processes.

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Re:EU says social platforms can be ordered to take down unla... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:59AM (#21158932)
Usually it's not the US tech community that carefully nurtures it, it's the European tech community that hammers it at every possible opportunity.
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