Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change. People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon.

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.

People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon.

That’s because Big Tech companies, most headquartered in the U.S., are now subject to a pioneering new set of EU digital regulations. The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content.

  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
    58·
    1 year ago

    I wish we had this in the US, instead we just have conservatives try to take control of the entire Internet every couple of years.

    • 1ird@notyour.rodeoEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      They were doing this back in 2002ish. The Screensavers used to run segments promoting the EFF all the time.

    • root@precious.netEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think it was the left telling social media what they should and shouldn’t redact… everything from COVID scepticism to Hunter Bidens laptop.