US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules

27 pointsposted 16 hours ago
by mellosouls

9 Comments

nutjob2

15 hours ago

Apparently only certain people in the US are entitled to a point of view, everyone else is forced to carry it. Forced recital is free speech now.

Can this administration get any dumber or crazier? I think not, but they always surprise you. History will not be kind.

benoau

15 hours ago

It's worse than that, they don't want the EU to restrict Meta and X sowing hate-speech and political division.

The EU's DSA law is prohibiting advertising based on gender, religion, sexuality and political affiliation, requiring transparency around who funded advertisements, and requiring algorithms reveal why you are being served any particular content.

That is the "censorship" the US is fighting to prevent.

general1465

6 hours ago

EU is on correct path. US decided to include in their doctrine to replace current governments in EU with right wing governments. So limiting hate speech and divisive content for Europeans is significantly curbing US ability to achieve that and as a bonus it is limiting Russians running around with their propaganda.

docjay

13 hours ago

“requiring algorithms reveal why you are being served any particular content.”

Curious, what does that do for you?

benoau

3 hours ago

For most people it's just going to be "you get cooking videos because you liked cooking videos".

But it also pierces bubbles, like if X has to disclaim its AI replies with divisive stuff because it's skewed to produce divisive stuff, and you're seeing a lot of it because of your traits: young man, white, christian.

This transparency covers why you as an individual receive the content, and regulators understanding how the platform recommends content.

N_Lens

15 hours ago

Ye olde Freeze Peach - $2

jleyank

15 hours ago

I hope there's a bit of a pissing contest banning people on each side based on commentary, hair colour, ... Perhaps the US administration will "go nuclear" and get rid of the visa waver program?