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Re:EU DSA: Industry and government interests prevail over ci... by throwaway290 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:29AM (#31133312)
> Cross-border removal orders issued by illiberal member states without a court order can take down media reports and information that is perfectly legal in the country of publication.

It is bad, but what's worse is that this is not even all that consequential. Remember the case with Leica advert featuring the famous Tiananmen shot taken with one of their cameras? After CCP's outrage, Leica took it down at its own initiative (and nearly apologized to boot).

Re:EU DSA: Industry and government interests prevail over ci... by mrtksn on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:21AM (#31133659)
Which means, people in liberal member states will no longer be indifferent towards the actions of the illiberal ones. Maybe if the illiberal states don't share the values of the liberal ones, they shouldn't be in the same union? The thoughts an prayers being with the democrats of Hungary is not enough, Hungarians might better choose if they want to be a part of the society that tolerates stuff or go live in a system where Putin-like governance is the way to go.

I'm kind of hoping for a similar thing happening globally. The actions of states like Saudi Arabia are well tolerated only because their actions don't have any real impact in EU or USA.

Re:EU DSA: Industry and government interests prevail over ci... by otherotherchris on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:40AM (#31133768)
I think this is going to expose the core problem in Europe, that the political classes of the "liberal" member states are just giving lip service to the "fraternity equality liberty" crap and care no more for free speech or free association than their "authoritarian" neighbours.
Re:EU DSA: Industry and government interests prevail over ci... by mrtksn on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:46AM (#31133802)
Sounds good to me. If they are proven to fail to deliver on "fraternity equality liberty", a political movement that demands it can catch fire.
Re:EU DSA: Industry and government interests prevail over ci... by izacus on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:08AM (#31133565)
Well, this behaviour is now the law. Not just a choice of corporations, but they're now compelled by EU to continue taking down content.