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Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by Veedrac on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:01PM (#25434407)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/proposal_for_a_re...

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Article 19, Trusted flaggers

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The status of trusted flaggers under this Regulation shall be awarded, upon application by any entities, by the Digital Services Coordinator of the Member State in which the applicant is established, where the applicant has demonstrated to meet all of the following conditions:

(a) it has particular expertise and competence for the purposes of detecting, identifying and notifying illegal content;

(b) it represents collective interests and is independent from any online platform;

(c) it carries out its activities for the purposes of submitting notices in a timely, diligent and objective manner.

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on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC

(50)

To ensure an efficient and adequate application of that obligation, without imposing any disproportionate burdens, the online platforms covered should make reasonable efforts to verify the reliability of the information provided by the traders concerned, in particular by using freely available official online databases and online interfaces, such as national trade registers and the VAT Information Exchange System, or by requesting the traders concerned to provide trustworthy supporting documents, such as copies of identity documents, certified bank statements, company certificates and trade register certificates. They may also use other sources, available for use at a distance, which offer a similar degree of reliability for the purpose of complying with this obligation. However, the online platforms covered should not be required to engage in excessive or costly online fact-finding exercises or to carry out verifications on the spot. Nor should such online platforms, which have made the reasonable efforts required by this Regulation, be understood as guaranteeing the reliability of the information towards consumer or other interested parties.

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Not sure about your third point yet, I've only briefly jumped around in the (lengthy) full text.

Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by avianlyric on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:19PM (#25434671)
Sounds like Trusted flaggers are expected to be social interest charities like Internet Watch Foundation.

https://www.iwf.org.uk/

Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by buisi on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:23PM (#25435446)
The Internet Watch Foundation has made questionable calls in the past, like the one where they blocked Wikipedia for having a controversial (yet legal and historically relevant) image of a naked child.

Despite this, the IWF might be one of the more reputable "trusted flaggers", and this system may open the door for far worse ones to enter into the scene.

Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by iso8859-1 on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:42PM (#25436293)
Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by newsgourmet on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:43AM (#25440338)
In Germany Facebook has already given power to "trusted fact checkers" who happen to be extremely left leaning. None of this is a good thing.
Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by Veedrac on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @12:43PM (#25445624)
I agree that fact checkers are a nasty can of worms, but here they're only expected to flag illegal content, which I don't think is a comparable concern.
Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by newsgourmet on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @07:23PM (#25450694)
Unless it becomes illegal to post "false information", and the fact checkers get to decide what is false and what is not.
Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by Aerroon on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:05AM (#25439594)
This sounds like it's something akin to YouTubecs DMCA process. I doubt that they will do a good job making sure that trusted flaggers won't abuse their power.
Re:EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech by Veedrac on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @12:45PM (#25445655)
I'm not going to claim it'll be without issue, but it seems way more robust than DCMA, since there's an appeals process that can boot people out the program if they flag incorrectly too much.