Carl Deconinck has an interesting Brussels Signal piece on a Berlin court ruling about the blocking of LinkedIn posts and associated accounts.
LinkedIn given green light to delete accurate content
A Berlin court has ruled that LinkedIn was right to block and suspend accounts that posted about Covid-19, despite the posts being correct.
It did so on the grounds that their content contradicted guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The court based its ruling on the controversial Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union’s regulation that creates a framework for online platforms to be more accountable, transparent and safer for users, German magazine Cicero reported yesterday.
A Berlin court has ruled that LinkedIn was right to block and suspend accounts that posted about Covid-19, despite the posts being correct.
It did so on the grounds that their content contradicted guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The court based its ruling on the controversial Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union’s regulation that creates a framework for online platforms to be more accountable, transparent and safer for users, German magazine Cicero reported yesterday.
A useful confirmation that 'safer' in this context also means politically safer for EU bureaucrats. By implication, safer for online platforms too.
3 comments:
"their content contradicted guidance" Then it wasn't "guidance" it was instructions.
We wuz only obeying orders.
One of the risks with Artificial Intelligence is that it will tend to freeze received opinion in place and through mechanisms like the Digital Services Act remove any corrections.
Truth, lies, and AI Facts perhaps?
dearieme - yes there are one or two areas where 'guidance' is really instruction and the 'guidance' manages to make that sufficiently clear.
DJ - I agree, it's a pity but freezing received opinion seems a likely outcome however much it is resisted. It may depend on future US governments, but the pressure will be there and it won't slacken off.
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