BUSINESS_ ‘Bleeding Across Borders’: EU’s Censorship Law Is Pushing Big Tech To Censor Americans, Experts Say

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‘Bleeding Across Borders’: EU’s Censorship Law Is Pushing Big Tech To Censor Americans, Experts Say

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Jason Cohen
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October 17, 2023 8:12 PM ET


The European Union (EU) is using its Digital Services Act (DSA) to influence top technology platforms to censor objectionable content that proliferates in Europe during the Israel-Hamas war, which includes Americans’ speech, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The DSA took effect in August and requires “very large online platforms” to increase content moderation by clamping down on “disinformation” and other purportedly harmful discourse that spreads in the EU, which includes Americans’ speech due to the global nature of the internet, experts told the DCNF. The EU has used accusations that platforms have not adequately combatted “disinformation” and illegal content as mandated by the DSA as a pretext to send the letters and remind them of the massive penalties for violations. (RELATED: The EU’s New Tech Law Could Threaten Americans’ Speech Online)

The EU took the step of sending warning messages to Meta, TikTok, YouTube and X, warning them to adhere to the DSA’s content moderation guidelines during the ongoing war, according to letters posted by EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton between Oct. 10 and 13.

“Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is concerned by the myriad speech restrictions emerging globally in response to the events in Israel and Gaza, including Breton’s warning to social media platforms regarding unspecified ‘illegal content’ and ‘disinformation’ and their obligations under the DSA,” FIRE senior scholar Sarah McLaughlin told the DCNF. “These warnings could have serious consequences not just for Europeans’ free expression on the internet, but for global audiences around the world.”

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READ MORE: https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/17/eu-speech-censorship-israel-hamas/

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