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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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