Normal citizens in Ireland or Europe don't talk like this. Brainwashed, sectarian minds do.
Next virus we won't even be able to discuss whether we want to be vaccinated or not.
It's authoritarianism plain and simple.
I would welcome measures that go a lot further than this.
Every single regime that has ever censored anything did it in their mind for the "good" of the people to protect them from negative influences.
europe has been backsliding on hard won freedoms for a while. this is just part of the trend.
i guess you don't live in europe.
> I guess I know which industry you work for…
your guess is wrong.
The commission has a regular change of both the people in it and the election body (aka the governments). I am not to strong on the definition of dictatorship but typically you have long living single person with malicious intent on top of it. Not the case here.
Everything else is just not logically (take international trade agreement eg. US/EU agreements... These are pseudo laws which have such a worse standing everywhere... That is so much worse)
I’m not arguing about this - no one could - just commenting on the early signs of the unions breakdown.
The people of France, when they elected the government that picked him, same way every commissioner is picked by their elected government.
yes, there is a lot of fake news out there, and i'd rather see it go away, but i fear that the barrier to decide if something is disinformation is to low. if someone claims that something is disinformation, it is not enough to show that it contradicts some other information, but once such a conflict exist we have to go the next step and show actual evidence that one is right and the other is wrong. and the source spreading the disinformation has to be given the chance to present their evidence as well. if they can't then they may be denounced accordingly, but their spread should then only be limited, and not outright blocked so that there is still a chance to critically evaluate it.
* there must not be a single entity that is the arbiter of truth, but we need multiple independent institutions that evaluate sensitive topics and give their recommendations.
content providers may then follow any one of these institutions at their choice. (most practical would be to have regional institutions to give diversity, but content providers may follow any of them. if the french one says something is ok, and the german one says it's not, then the content may still be unrestricted even in germany)
* content must not be completely blocked but should come with a warning or be hidden. like on hackernews.
i can, if i want to, access all the dead content. it's just an extra step, and the majority won't bother with it, but the ones curious can check, and if there is something wrongly hidden they can share that.
The summaries are entirely accurate. Here are some quotes from the document itself:
(p12) The narratives propagated by right-wing extremists in Ireland are broadly aligned to a nativist ideology. Nativism is a particular construction of nationalism that advocates protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants. Nativist narratives have circulated for many years in Ireland, rising to prominence in tandem with wider events that are ripe for exploitation by extremists ... Some of the key narrative themes that are prominent in the current protest include: Inauthentic claims: References to “economic migrants”, “fake asylum seekers”, and “fakeugees” imply that refugees and asylum seekers are lying about the dangers they face and attempting to scam the state.
(p14) Climate change is often viewed through a conspiratorial lens that seeks to “expose” the ulterior motives behind climate action and downplay the evidence for climate change (see Figure 9). Greta Thunberg is a frequent target for abusive language and humour relating to climate change while Met Éireann weather warnings are viewed with suspicion.
(p17) Some notable characteristics of disinformation campaigns in Ireland are summarised below: Participatory memes and content templates ... Attacks on the credibility of mainstream media and journalism.
* Nick Dixon and Toby Young Discuss Virtue-Signalling Men Pretending to Love Women’s Football
* Official Guidelines Reveal Anti-White Racism of Sadiq Khan’s ‘Branding’ Campaign
* How woke colonised Mexico
* No, Brexit is not the cause of our economic turmoil
It doesn't really seem worth engaging with those articles.
Consider, for instance, some of the key “disinformation trends” listed in the EDMO’s recent 2023 briefing on disinformation in Ireland. They include “nativist narratives” that “oppose migration”, “gender and sexuality narratives” that touch on drag queens and trans issues as “part of a wider ‘anti-woke’ narrative that mocks social justice campaigns”, and “environment narratives” that criticise climate-change policies and Greta Thunberg.
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/08/25/the-digital-services-act...
This gives the EU an extraordinary amount of power. The regulation of the DSA will be overseen by the Commission itself, not an independent regulator. What’s more, the DSA includes a ‘crisis-management mechanism’, added last year in a last-minute amendment. The Commission argued it needs to be able to direct how platforms respond to events like the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Apparently, in a crisis, the ‘anticipatory or voluntary nature’ of obligations on tech companies to tackle disinformation would be insufficient. Under the DSA, the Commission has given itself the power to determine whether such a ‘crisis’ exists, defined as ‘an objective risk of serious prejudice to public security or public health in the Union’.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/23/the-eus-censorship-...