Mastodawn

European Commission Jan 19, 2025

We are determined to keep the online world informative and free from distortion.

Our Digital Services Act gives you more rights online, with extra measures to protect young users.

Very large online platforms and search engines are obliged to:

🔹 stop the spread of illegal content;
🔸 tell users if and why their content was removed;
🔹 give users options to opt out of seeing recommended content based on profiling;
🔸 ban ads targeted to minors;
🔹 be transparent about your interactions with AI.

Yes and this is one of the weapons the EU has.

Stay strong!

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/european-union/article/2024/09/10/eu-top-court-delivers-big-win-against-apple-and-google_6725521_156.html

EU top court delivers 'big win' against Apple and Google

In two back-to-back rulings, the European Court of Justice gave the Union's regulators two major victories in their ongoing battles with tech giants, judging that Apple and Google must pay over €15 billion in total.

Le Monde

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Emilion Jan 19, 2025

@dirkblank @EUCommission Apple's case was about low tax rate, that Ireland illegally granted them.

Fines on Meta, Google are just a cost of doing business in the EU for them. It takes years to collect the fines. EU is reactive and always late. There is no reason to feel good about current enforcement practices. Too little, too late.

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Dirk Blank

🇩🇪Jan 19, 2025

@emilion @EUCommission

Agreement too late and too little. But people must understand that all 27 EU states must be heard. It is a compromise on the lowest common denominator. That is the price of democracy. Otherwise we would become something like China or North Korea. Limiting lobbying would already help and faster decisions by reducing bureaucracy and better digitalization.