EU to police social media
Tough new law to curb toxic content and monopoly — but there are caveats
18 August 2022 - 05:00
As the US slowly starts to build up steam to counter the monopolistic power of Big Tech, Europe has leapt ahead with legislation to neuter these out-of-control behemoths.
The Digital Services Act was passed in April by the EU parliament, and will soon help rein in the surveillance capitalism and anticompetitive behaviour of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and others...
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