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Added on the 25/03/2022 07:30:48 - Copyright : Euronews EN
MEPs agreed a draft set of measures aimed at helping to tackle illegal content, as well as ensuring that platforms are held accountable for their secretive algorithms.
The Digital Services Act, which is expected to be in place by the end of this year, is the first big overhaul of European internet regulation for two decades.
You won’t see Elon Musk in Davos this year. He says it’s boring on Twitter, which he now owns. And is still bleeding money. Same big losses for his electric car maker Tesla. But it would take a lot more for the billionaire to go broke. Fact is, in today’s world, tech titans seem unbreakable, even when the likes of Musk face a lawsuit for allegedly manipulating Tesla’s share price.
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday brushed off a warning by major tech companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter that they may quit the financial hub if authorities push ahead with a new privacy law. "Our goal is to target these illegal doxxing actions and the privacy commissioner is empowered to take action and carry out investigations, that’s it," says Chief Executive Carrie Lam at the weekly press conference.
Two elections too late? Twitter permanently banning Donald Trump's account, Facebook suspending it through Inauguration Day, and other social media jumping on the bandwagon of curbing false claims of a stolen election. For four years, the US president has been spreading disinformation from the Oval Office.