Hi, it’s Jillian in Brussels. The EU agreed on sweeping new rules around online content. Elon Musk would not approve. But first...
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With Brussels’ bans on Russian state media and new rules to police online content, the European Union has shown it wants to fight disinformation. But that question gets more difficult when the information is spread by actual news organizations.
Over the weekend, the EU agreed on its new online content rules, the Digital Services Act. The new rules will give European governments more powers to take down illegal content like terrorist propaganda or hate speech. But a lot of problematic content isn't illegal, and some fake news is published by real media outlets.
Among EU negotiators, one of the most contentious debates was whether news articles should be exempt from the DSA. Some politicians argued that news should be exempt from take-downs, otherwise tech companies like Facebook will have too much power to choose what users do and don’t see. Others countered that much of the misinformation and disinformation people read online is spread via articles.
In the end, news articles weren’t given any special treatment in the DSA. They will be taken down...
A video shows the Green Party celebrating an election win in a foreign language. False. This video was posted before the election. It is a Bengali language campaign video posted by the Green Party ...