Doesn’t apply here, Lemmy is way too tiny. The law only applies the largest platforms. Reddit doesn’t even qualify. Of course maybe that changes someday, but currently the law applies to 19 sites.
Comment on Tucker Carlson interview with Putin to test EU law regulating tech companies
aelwero@lemmy.world 4 months ago
content that incites violence or hate speech from social media.
“They need to expeditiously remove content they are aware of if it is illegal.”
If a social media platform does not comply with the new EU law it can be sanctioned with a hefty fine
This essentially adds up to government proctorship of any “public forum” on the internet, including here… So if I randomly throw an “all lives matter” right here mid-comment, which while at face value is a ridiculously benign thing to say, can be and almost always is considered to be hate speech, lemmy is entirely obligated to immediately remove my comment or face heavy sanctions from the EU.
It’s an extreme caricature of an example that I assume won’t go anywhere, but the point is that it could, and the deciding factor on that isn’t anyone here, the deciding factor is a bunch of rando EU officials… If some Karen in Wales in the right position decides she doesn’t like my comment, she could initiate a “hefty” fine against lemmy admins.
It’s an absurd concept, and I don’t say that in the context of tuker Carlson (who I simply don’t give two shits about in any context), I say that in the context of us, as a “social media” community. We are subject to this proctorship, this censorship…
key@lemmy.keychat.org 4 months ago
suction@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Not true.
modifier@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Which part?
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
The comment they replied to comprised 6 sentences. 5 of those sentences were untrue or incorrect. The other sentence (the 5th one, starting with “It’s an absurd concept”) is technically true but has a different meaning when read with the understanding that the other sentences are false.
Other replies dive into why it’s untrue.
aelwero@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ok, well it was intended to be an opinion, so your assertion that I’m incorrect is incorrect because its my opinion, but that aside, which part?
I reiterate that question because if your opinion is in direct opposition to mine, it is, in my opinion, the one I would most like to hear. I’m a moderate/centrist/libertarian(non-party) and I’d unironically and unsarcastically love to hear your opinion on it. Unless you’re just being a pedant, then I’ll listen and I respect your right to posit any pedantic objections, but I won’t really care much :)
eleitl@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
It depends on the legislation on where the instance is hosted and/or personal liability of its operator. As a content contributor (if identifiable) you can be also personally liable. In practice you can host an instance anonymously, using bulletproof hosting and don’t care for much for such things.
daddyjones@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Minor point, but Wales isn’t in the EU.
tabular@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Karens in Wales: I did what??