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Re:EU says X hosts "illegal content" connected to Israel-Ham... by yostrovs on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @09:44AM (#37844282)
Restricting publishing videos of world changing events, which make it clear what actually happened, is the opposite of free speech. Publishing videos of others commiting acts of violence is not inciting violence. Please read 1984 to help prevent changes in meanings of words.
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Re:EU says X hosts "illegal content" connected to Israel-Ham... by sergiosgc on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:04AM (#37844552)
What about restricting publishing of false videos of world changing events? Because that's what the EU is railing about...
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Re:EU says X hosts "illegal content" connected to Israel-Ham... by tekla on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:09AM (#37844608)
Well, have fun defining "false" in a meaningfully fast way
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Re:EU says X hosts "illegal content" connected to Israel-Ham... by burnished on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:20AM (#37844752)
Repurposed footage from other wars or video games was called out in the letter, seems like a fast and uncontroversial definition of false.
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Re:EU says X hosts "illegal content" connected to Israel-Ham... by sergiosgc on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:11AM (#37844638)
The EU Commission letter has a few examples. Easy enough for a moderation team to spot, if there was a moderation team in place. Complaining that it is difficult is no reason to skip moderation altogether.
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Re:EU says X hosts "illegal content" connected to Israel-Ham... by lm28469 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:48AM (#37845141)
Take all these journalists claiming "40 babies were beheaded" for a start. Even the government of israel denied it

It should be fairly easy to "prove" 40 babies have been beheaded

What about he "children in cages" ? Repurposed videos from Syria a few years ago, easily debunked, yet it got hundred thousands of views on twitter

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Re:EU says X hosts "illegal content" connected to Israel-Ham... by fzeroracer on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @12:46PM (#37846837)
Sure. False as in fake as in it never happened. Which is what's happening on X and what the EU has examples of.
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