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> "Illegal content means any information which is not in compliance with Union law or the law of a Member State [...]" The "law of a Member State" part is very

> "Illegal content means any information which is not in compliance with Union law or the law of a Member State [...]" The "law of a Member State" part is very concerning. If it's enough that content is illegal in one member state to have it taken down in the whole EU, very tough times lying ahead. The first two things which came to my mind were the new Polish holocaust law and the current prosecution of various symbols of Kurdish groups (e.g. flags of YPG) in Germany. Say goodbye to free speech.

adventured 9y ago
> The "law of a Member State" part is very concerning. Interestingly, this mistake would dramatically increase the market power of the US and its tech giants. The US market would continue to produce endless numbers of wildly profitable, very large tech companies. They'd continue to start out by easily capturing the US + Canada + various global markets, and then they'd better be able to piece by piece target markets in Europe with whatever customized product changes were necessary. A company starting from a small to mid size market in the EU simply can't perform like that, they don't have the financial resources to meet all the demands of each member state. Facebook can trivially do it. This would be a huge gift to US tech.