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The EU’s Digital Services Act goes into effect today: here’s what that means (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by fry@fry.gs to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 82 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Big internet companies can get sued for the content users upload

I've got a bad feeling about this.

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I suspect they just can’t be willfully negligent. Right now Facebook could actively promote a genocide and not see any consequences.

[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Right now Facebook could actively promote a genocide and not see any consequences.

Rohingya says what

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup. I was up for it until that point. That bullet is a terrible idea.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 31 points 10 months ago

Eh, there's more nuance to it than implied in the TLDR

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com -3 points 10 months ago

You should, this is really bad. These laws are all so backwards. That's like suing the postal service because of people putting illegal stuff in the mail. Or phone companies for streaming copyrighted material because a song was playing in the background.