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The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/pres ... ine-space/ and the U.K.’s proposed Online Safety Bill https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137 are among the latest government policies designed to hold social media companies responsible https://gizmodo.com/meta-amazon-and-tik ... 1848829838 for hate speech and “disinformation” https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defe ... ion-truth/ posted by users.
Experts interviewed by The Defender expressed concerns about the potential slippery slope of regulations — in the U.S. and overseas — which, under the guise of “combating disinformation,” stifle the spread of information deemed inconvenient for governments and other powerful actors.
As reported by The Defender, in the U.S., these proposals include a government “disinformation board” and a bill pending before Congress, the Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act.
The EU’s new regulations, experts said, may have far-reaching impacts beyond Europe.