Europe gives TikTok CEO 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation (www.cnbc.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 16:00
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Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 16:39 next collapse

Or what? A fucking slap on the wrist? GTFO with this.

tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk on 13 Oct 2023 16:50 next collapse

Or a fine of 6% of global revenue, which isn’t small.

Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 16:52 collapse

And it isn’t large enough, either.

echo64@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 17:53 next collapse

This is revenue, not profit. It would be an incredibly high fine that most companies would struggle with. It’s incredibly impactful, and no company is brushing off this kind of legislature.

This grandstanding isn’t useful, this is a good thing and you’re blustering about to make this about your own grandstanding instead.

pozbo@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 18:23 collapse

Still too low. 56% is fitting. Nationalize that misinformation shithole.

KpntAutismus@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 20:35 next collapse

that would probably make it worse, every govenment i have ever seen does horrible with internet stuff.

pozbo@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 2023 22:11 collapse

They suck with everything and I wouldn’t use it either way. I’d rather it be owned by my government than another one who likes to ally with known enemies who would like me to suffer/die.

jonne@infosec.pub on 13 Oct 2023 22:23 collapse

Ah yes, government run social media. Nothing could go wrong with that.

themurphy@lemmy.world on 14 Oct 2023 07:22 collapse

Well, it could good. But only if it’s done right, like government run news channels in Denmark, then it would be amazing!

It works like this: News channels get money to bring news, but you can make news about everything. And yes, you can criticise the government all you want in these news, and it happens daily.

Then the news channel can’t take any sponsorships what so ever. There’s no owners, there’s no lobbying. It’s just news like it should be.

TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 21:00 collapse

Tier 2 is removal from market. It is substantial.

Fades@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 22:55 next collapse

EU actions have benefited us all in many ways, from GDPR to even things like forcing apple to adopt usb-c. Calling out disinformation isn’t a bad thing, maybe you should gtfo will this doomer talk

Polar@lemmy.ca on 14 Oct 2023 00:56 collapse

How did GDPR benefit “us all”?

themurphy@lemmy.world on 14 Oct 2023 07:14 next collapse

Privacy. Not important for you?

Meta had to rewrite their whole app, Threads, when it launched for the European market, because it couldn’t track everything you did, as it does in the US.

So it works really well.

Polar@lemmy.ca on 14 Oct 2023 08:15 collapse

Ya, European market. Hardly “us all”.

lloram239@feddit.de on 14 Oct 2023 07:36 collapse

GDPR requires that you can export and delete your all personal data out from online services. Previously that was very rarely supported. Once GDPR came into effect everybody complied very quickly.

Polar@lemmy.ca on 14 Oct 2023 08:14 collapse

Hate to break it to you, but most companies only comply if you’re in a GDPR country. Otherwise nothing has changed. That’s why it is far from benefiting “us all”.

nyoooom@lemmy.world on 14 Oct 2023 10:03 next collapse

Not really, as it forces them to have the processes working, which is half of the battle

I mean you can export and delete your Facebook or Google data outside of Europe, so GDPR is a win

poopkins@lemmy.world on 15 Oct 2023 09:12 collapse

GDPR applies to citizenship, not the country where you’re in.

Polar@lemmy.ca on 15 Oct 2023 09:37 collapse

Great. So again, not benefiting “us all”.

poopkins@lemmy.world on 15 Oct 2023 10:09 collapse

When you request for data or your account to be deleted, on which services are you first inquired for your citizenship?

gian@lemmy.grys.it on 16 Oct 2023 07:07 collapse

A hefty fine ? And an additional fine for every day they are not in compliance ? And maybe banning the app in EU ?

Let’s say EU has plenty of options to hurt a company.

badbytes@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 16:42 next collapse

I was about to say, the U.S. main news sources are filled with misinformation on this conflict. Please sue us.

themurphy@lemmy.world on 14 Oct 2023 07:12 collapse

There’s a reason Fox News is not operating in EU.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 16:58 next collapse

Gaza has the same amount of time to evacuate a million people as TikTok’s lawyers have to respond to Europe’s email.

GrievingWidow420@feddit.it on 13 Oct 2023 19:53 next collapse

Wait. Wasn’t Glenn battered to death?

carlosfm@lemm.ee on 13 Oct 2023 21:49 next collapse

Dear EU, please pull the plug of TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram… the world would be better without these shitholes. We were fine before these existed, and we will survive without them. Greetings from Portugal, EU

WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works on 14 Oct 2023 07:37 next collapse

You can’t solve this. Instead, schools should teach about misinformation and how to do a your own research the right way. Llts of people don’t have this skill (or just a skill on how to use Internet).

carlosfm@lemm.ee on 14 Oct 2023 16:48 collapse

Just switch them all off. The future is the Fediverse. Don’t feed these greedy corporations that spread hate and are harming the world. Vote with your wallet. Abandon. Boycott. Etc. :-)

AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml on 15 Oct 2023 06:23 collapse

Disinformation can and does spread on the fediverse too. The only way to stop it is to teach people how to validate information.

soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz on 14 Oct 2023 07:42 next collapse

Hahahahahaah in your dreams. Politicians can be bought.

With depression, from United Kingdom, EU wannabe

Fisch@lemmy.ml on 14 Oct 2023 17:07 next collapse

Let’s just ban what we don’t like, good idea

1847953620@lemmy.world on 14 Oct 2023 17:43 collapse

Send it

Fisch@lemmy.ml on 14 Oct 2023 23:54 collapse

What?

1847953620@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 2023 16:45 collapse

SEND IT

Fisch@lemmy.ml on 17 Oct 2023 05:58 collapse

Idk what you’re talking about

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 15 Oct 2023 01:17 next collapse

start with yourself, delete your aforementioned accounts.

never had and of this bullshit, never needed it.

carlosfm@lemm.ee on 15 Oct 2023 21:13 collapse

Your shot missed the target. I never had an account on any of those shitholes, either.

funker@lemmy.world on 16 Oct 2023 11:40 collapse

9 people think they won’t be fine without social media, now you see it’s a huge problem, lol. Poor souls…

Cyberjin@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 2023 23:52 next collapse

Hope they can get a big fine, because these companies won’t do anything about it, when its a small amount 🤏

They allowed misinformation and propaganda because the foreign money & connection is too good.

Examples

reuters.com/…/twitter-removes-state-affiliated-me…

arstechnica.com/…/china-bots-flood-twitter-with-p…

protos.com/twitter-verification-is-making-scammer…

postmateDumbass@lemmy.world on 15 Oct 2023 00:27 next collapse

This is day 4 of this article being posted.

JustJack23@slrpnk.net on 15 Oct 2023 09:57 collapse

I am interested how is misinformation defined here?