There is no such thing as truth as seen by all parties. If this keeps going they will block everything and say they can't comply.
Europe gives Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas conflict
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#12Sorry if this is a silly question: The article states that if the companies fail to comply then they can be issued with fines worth 6% of the company’s annual revenue. What would happen in the even where one of the companies just said "Nope. We're not paying it."?
In that case I assume the offending company would be dragged into lengthy and expensive legal battles against the EU. But is it likely that the EU could or would also block access to the services offered by these companies?
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#13Very few countries have freedom of speech enshrined quite as forcefully as it is in the United States. One really has to wonder where this is going to go? I understand why they want to do it, but once a censorship regime is established it will be very difficult to dislodge. What happens when the next set of elections puts in somebody who uses that power for less than ideal purposes?
Maybe that question was better to ask decades ago when these policies were put into place? This isn't new.
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#14Very few countries have freedom of speech enshrined quite as forcefully as it is in the United States. One really has to wonder where this is going to go? I understand why they want to do it, but once a censorship regime is established it will be very difficult to dislodge. What happens when the next set of elections puts in somebody who uses that power for less than ideal purposes?
I'm not sure this "freedom of speech" absolutism is such a good idea. A society needs to put limits on behavior of its individuals to be sane. I support that people can express whatever opinion they have, but not in any way they want.
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#16Facebook should just block Europe. 'For your safety from your government which can imprison you for participating in this popular global website, we have blocked you from viewing this page'.
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#17The obvious solution is to prevent all information from being shared.
Re: Europe gives Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas conflict
#18Facebook should just block Europe. 'For your safety from your government which can imprison you for participating in this popular global website, we have blocked you from viewing this page'.
Given the chance that Facebook is a net positive on the world seems pretty low I suspect this would be a good thing for Europeans. WhatsApp would be problematic though since everyone uses it.
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#19Facebook should just block Europe. 'For your safety from your government which can imprison you for participating in this popular global website, we have blocked you from viewing this page'.
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Re: Europe gives Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas conflict
#20Sorry if this is a silly question: The article states that if the companies fail to comply then they can be issued with fines worth 6% of the company’s annual revenue. What would happen in the even where one of the companies just said "Nope. We're not paying it."? In that case I assume the offending company would be dragged into lengthy and expensive legal battles against the EU. But is it likely that the EU could or…
You stick the CEO in jail.