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Worth remembering that this allows unlimited censorship of social media. What kind of things do they plan to censor? "Disinformation", broadly defined. The Euro
by nvm0n2 3y ago
Worth remembering that this allows unlimited censorship of social media. What kind of things do they plan to censor? "Disinformation", broadly defined. The European Commission can now censor anything it wants, globally, and has already compiled lists of things it thinks are disinformation:
Consider, for instance, some of the key “disinformation trends” listed in the EDMO’s recent 2023 briefing on disinformation in Ireland. They include “nativist narratives” that “oppose migration”, “gender and sexuality narratives” that touch on drag queens and trans issues as “part of a wider ‘anti-woke’ narrative that mocks social justice campaigns”, and “environment narratives” that criticise climate-change policies and Greta Thunberg.
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/08/25/the-digital-services-act-will-give-the-eu-sweeping-new-censorship-powers-forcing-x-and-facebook-to-remove-content-that-challenges-mass-migration-transgender-ideology-or-net-zero/ https://dailysceptic.org/2023/08/25/the-digital-services-act...
This gives the EU an extraordinary amount of power. The regulation of the DSA will be overseen by the Commission itself, not an independent regulator. What’s more, the DSA includes a ‘crisis-management mechanism’, added last year in a last-minute amendment. The Commission argued it needs to be able to direct how platforms respond to events like the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Apparently, in a crisis, the ‘anticipatory or voluntary nature’ of obligations on tech companies to tackle disinformation would be insufficient. Under the DSA, the Commission has given itself the power to determine whether such a ‘crisis’ exists, defined as ‘an objective risk of serious prejudice to public security or public health in the Union’.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/23/the-eus-censorship-regime-is-about-to-go-global/ https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/23/the-eus-censorship-...
- personomas 3y agoWhat a nightmare. The state(s) are becoming total insane.
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- pjc50 3y agoWell, yes, that's why all that lot is in quotes. That's why you had a Daily Express article claiming that posters on the Tube reminding people to drink water in hot conditions were "woke"; ""anti-wokeness"" is yelling at clouds.
- 45645 3y agoTo clarify, it's the pro-censorship politician who is brainwashed and sectarian.
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- mavu 3y agoYou call it "censorship", I call it fighting disinformation, fear mongering and state-actor propaganda campaigns. I would welcome measures that go a lot further than this.
- 5436757567 3y agoSo you oppose freedom of speech, you oppose property rights, you oppose the right to protect children. Because you oppose basic rules in society, I support violence to fight you
- mavu 3y agoAhahahaha :D Thanks, made me laugh :)
- kmlx 3y agoit’s censorship by the politicians of the day. europe has been backsliding on hard won freedoms for a while. this is just part of the trend.
- scrollaway 3y agoYawn at empty generalisations with zero backing data.
- kmlx 3y agoright to forget, gdpr, now this. it’s a clusterfuck.
- scrollaway 3y agoYou just cited two of the most pro consumer laws in the world. I guess I know which industry you work for…
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- bondarchuk 3y agoDownvoters: is what this poster says broadly untrue or not?
- yorwba 3y agoRead https://edmo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2023_EDMO-Ireland-Briefing-Report-2023.pdf https://edmo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2023_EDMO-Ireland... and decide for yourself whether a chain of three people quoting and restating the parts they disagree with the most managed to produce an accurate representation.
- nvm0n2 3y agoYou're insinuating that the quoted text unfairly represents the document. You shouldn't do that. If you think there's a misrepresentation, point out what explicitly, don't use slippery rhetoric. The summaries are entirely accurate. Here are some quotes from the document itself: (p12) The narratives propagated by right-wing extremists in Ireland are broadly aligned to a nativist ideology. Nativism is a particular construction of nationalism that advocates protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants. Nativist narratives have circulated for many years in Ireland, rising to prominence in tandem with wider events that are ripe for exploitation by extremists ... Some of the key narrative themes that are prominent in the current protest include: Inauthentic claims: References to “economic migrants”, “fake asylum seekers”, and “fakeugees” imply that refugees and asylum seekers are lying about the dangers they face and attempting to scam the state. (p14) Climate change is often viewed through a conspiratorial lens that seeks to “expose” the ulterior motives behind climate action and downplay the evidence for climate change (see Figure 9). Greta Thunberg is a frequent target for abusive language and humour relating to climate change while Met Éireann weather warnings are viewed with suspicion. (p17) Some notable characteristics of disinformation campaigns in Ireland are summarised below: Participatory memes and content templates ... Attacks on the credibility of mainstream media and journalism.
- malermeister 3y agoGiven that both of the sources he cites are infowars-level right wing rags, with headlines such as: * Nick Dixon and Toby Young Discuss Virtue-Signalling Men Pretending to Love Women’s Football * Official Guidelines Reveal Anti-White Racism of Sadiq Khan’s ‘Branding’ Campaign * How woke colonised Mexico * No, Brexit is not the cause of our economic turmoil It doesn't really seem worth engaging with those articles.
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