Tucker Carlson interview with Putin to test EU law regulating tech companies::Law obliges social media platforms to remove illegal content – with fears that interview will give Russian leader propaganda coup
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…
Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I wonder… By his own legal admission, he’s not a journalist but an entertainer. Thus what he’s doing with Putin is entertainment. So he’s dealing with Russia (literally) and Russian companies to produce a profit making entertainment content. Russia is under sanctions. Isn’t he breaking the law?
kava@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Is that the kind of society we want to be? Where a private individual or organization cannot go to another country to interview a world leader?
What happened to freedom of expression and freedom of movement? Are we going to go back to the Iron Curtain? Are we going to totally disconnect so that the only news we ever see is from “approved sources”?
This is a dangerous path to go down.
davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 4 months ago
He should.not be platformed. either of them
Snapz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
There is a line. Putin is the closest thing we’ve had the actual Hitler in the modern era, his aspirations are similar, but he doesn’t have IBM making him efficient and his “opponent” has the early support of a superpower in the US.
Your sentiments are generally true, but there’s a limit during an open conflict like this. He’s a dictator that has his friends pushed out of Windows when they no longer serve his need. He’s also been caught leading coordinated efforts to taint the results of American elections. You don’t platform this, as an American.
Freedom has limits among adults. You’re not allowed to own a tank and drive it to the grocery store, you can’t manufacture and sell heroin as a private citizen. There are some limits we agree to.
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
The fact you have 30 downvotes is horrifying. This community is nothing but a bunch of authoritarians who openly reject liberal ideals like free speech and democracy. They hate Putin so much because he reflects so many of their values.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Journalists can do it and private citizens can, he shouldn’t be allowed he’s an entertainer with a very vocal fringe movement behind him supporting a sanctioned war criminal.
Tramort@programming.dev 4 months ago
L it seems like he is.
He also looks like an undeclared Russian agent.