Censor The Internet Act: EU Agrees to Expand Online Censorship With 'Digital Services Act'Chris MenahanInformationLiberation Apr. 23, 2022 |
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![]() ![]() Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both lobbied for the EU to back the censorship bill known as the Digital Services Act on Thursday:
From France 24, "EU agrees on new legislation to tame internet 'Wild West' ": The Digital Services Act (DSA) -- the second part of a massive project to regulate tech companies -- aims to ensure tougher consequences for platforms and websites that host a long list of banned content ranging from hate speech to disinformation and child sexual abuse images.Looking over the outline of the new agreement it's striking how they seamlessly conflate child sexual abuse material with "illegal hate speech." Both are jumbled together as "illegal content." ![]() The law calls for plans to restrict free speech on the internet during times of "crisis." ![]() The DSA also pushes for a "public electronic identity (eID)," which Politico previously described as a "National ID card" on your phone that has its origins in vaccine passports and "Digital COVID Certificates." ![]() Though the eID is sold under the guise of protecting people's privacy, "digital rights activists ... worry the proposal could allow the private sector to better access people's government-certified information, thereby actually strengthening the likes of Facebook and Google and the targeted advertising industry," Politico reported. This law is the EU's answer to the rising tide of populism and nationalism. Rather than offer any concessions to the masses, they're imprisoning "far-right" leaders, outlawing "far-right" groups, sanctioning Hungarians to punish them for voting for Viktor Orban and launching witch hunts against Marine Le Pen to sabotage her election chances. This how they "defend democracy!" Follow InformationLiberation on Twitter, Facebook, Gab, Minds and Telegram. |