As both sides of the Atlantic move to update longstanding legal protections for Internet platforms, Europe’s goal is obliging tech companies to cut back on hate speech and disinformation. In the US, Trump is seeking to strip the legal protections if platforms engage in potential censorship or in any political conduct. — AFP
US president Donald Trump’s attack on Twitter Inc has highlighted how the European Union and the US are taking radically different approaches to overhaul how social media platforms should treat user content.
As both sides of the Atlantic move to update longstanding legal protections for Internet platforms, Europe’s goal is obliging tech companies to cut back on hate speech and disinformation. In the US, Trump is seeking to strip the legal protections if platforms engage in potential censorship or in any political conduct.
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