Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by foepys on Thursday October 15, 2020 @05:42AM
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> Them now changing that is a good thing.
I agree but it's not selfless or altruism. In the EU they are one law away from being effectively shut down.
The EU commission is eyeing the behavior of social media networks for a while now and the increasing misinformation and radicalization of groups like white supremacists or QAnon pose a very real threat to democracy and society.
If the social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. don't do anything against this, the EU will make a law that will make the social networks check each and every post for unlawful content.
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by hef19898 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @05:49AM
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Oh, I would never go as far as thinking they did this for some altruistic reason. Rather that they finally reached a point where the benefit-risk equation tipped to the other side.
I agree but it's not selfless or altruism. In the EU they are one law away from being effectively shut down.
The EU commission is eyeing the behavior of social media networks for a while now and the increasing misinformation and radicalization of groups like white supremacists or QAnon pose a very real threat to democracy and society.
If the social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. don't do anything against this, the EU will make a law that will make the social networks check each and every post for unlawful content.