Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on

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• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  TL;DR bot seems to on summer vacation now, so I had to ask Bing to summarize the article for me.

  According to an article on Tech Xplore, the European Union has introduced a new set of digital regulations called the Digital Services Act. The act aims to protect European users’ privacy, transparency, and removal of harmful or illegal content. The act will affect big tech companies such as Google, Facebook, TikTok, and Amazon. The act will allow users to turn off AI-recommended videos and personalized search results. Users can choose to view content only from people they follow. Search results will be based only on the words they type. Users should find it easier to report a post, video or comment that breaks the law or violates a platform’s rules so that it can be reviewed and taken down if required. Affected service providers will have until 1 January 2024 to comply with its provisions.

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• ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As an American, I am super jealous!

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• Maiznieks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wow, this is impressive! Have not heard any of this!

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That all sounds great. I wonder if tech companies will implement for the US as well? That’s what my work did with GDPR. We decided it was easier to do things one way, and that users would appreciate the additional options and protections. It also didn’t harm our business to do this.

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• CriticalMiss@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Oh man… so basically 2008 YouTube?

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hate to admit this but every time I visit my “subscriptions” view on YT my reaction is “oh… this shit that I clicked subscribe on three years ago…”

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