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It so nice to see megacorps not being allowed to whatever they like as in the US. The EU has regulations and standards. If you don't follow them you can't just
by bilekas 5mo ago
It so nice to see megacorps not being allowed to whatever they like as in the US. The EU has regulations and standards. If you don't follow them you can't just try to sue the body. Just follow the rules like you're supposed to. It's quite simply really.
- paulddraper 5mo agoThey already did this with Canada. Meta decided to stop showing news links in Canada. [1] Presumably, it would choose the same thing here. [1] https://www.facebook.com/sureshsingaratnam/posts/so-meta-is-actually-blocking-canadians-from-posting-links-from-snopes-on-faceboo/1397677248388192/ https://www.facebook.com/sureshsingaratnam/posts/so-meta-is-...
- buellerbueller 5mo agoYes, meta took the salt-the-earth approach. Rather then allow users to post links and meta not summarize the content, meta is now destroying its own value for Canadians. These hypercorps and their CEOs act like giant fucking children, and rather than abide by a ruling being told to play fair, they just decide to take their ball and go home. Good riddance. The sooner social media dies, the better off humanity will be.
- nradov 5mo agoYes, that was a great move. I wish Meta would do the same in all countries. I don't go to Facebook to read news.
- throw0101c 5mo ago> Yes, that was a great move. I wish Meta would do the same in all countries. I don't go to Facebook to read news. Lots of news organization saw their traffic drop though, and this reduced revenues. (Not judging either way, just noting some effects.)
- josefx 5mo agoI am not a facebook user, but going by that post they seem to go a step further and outright block any links pointing to news sites. The article mentions some provisions in the Italian law that prohibit restricting visiblity of the news sites, at least during negotiations, so that kind of salted earth move could backfire .
- pjc50 5mo agoYou certainly can sue: "The ruling comes after Meta sued Italy’s national telecommunications regulatory agency (AGCOM) in Italian court in 2023"; that's the normal process for disputing regulatory rulings. Doesn't mean you'll win though. I'm very much in two minds about this because "news" is not a morally neutral category in itself, such as with similar laws benefiting News Corp in Australia, but it's clear that Meta/FB is a much worse unrestrained actor.
- werhf 5mo agoI'm also not happy that news organizations get special exceptions. It is very easy to construct cynical motives: - Politicians need the news so journalists are protected. - If news organizations get paid, they have no incentive to be AI critical. The article says that "news are vital". So is open source, films, images, art, and the authors do not get paid by the thieves.