EU Demands Social Media Giants Censor 'Fake News' Sites Within 24 Hrs | We Are Change
BRUSSELS (WeAreChange) — The European Union (EU) has issued an ultimatum
to social media giants Twitter, YouTube and Facebook as well as tech
giant, Microsoft, to censor “illegal hate speech” within 24 hours or
face new laws that are designed to “curb online racist abuse.”
The
clampdown includes such content that is considered by the mainstream
establishment as so-called “fake news,” a term so broad that it includes
perfectly legitimate news content.
The call from the European
Commission for swifter action to delete racist posts and content from
terrorists to promote online radicalisation follows a backlash against
the proliferation of “fake” US election news on sites run by Facebook,
Twitter and Google, which owns YouTube.
