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Nancy Pelosi Declares a ‘New Era’ of Internet Regulation; E.U. Threatens Same
"The internet is being slow-choked, not by rapacious ISPs forcing users to pay for "fast lanes," but by politicians on both sides of the Atlantic who want to have a bigger role in what we're allowed to do and say online."
"Pelosi is done with all that, telling Swisher that the freedom of expression empowered by Section 230 is "a gift" and a "privilege" that can be rescinded if major tech companies don't move in the direction she and other politicians want. She frets over companies such as Facebook and Twitter buying up app makers and other services without explaining themselves to regulators. "Is this just commerce and they see a market opportunity and decide to take it on?" says Pelosi. "Or are they in competition with each other, buying something before somebody else doesn't buy it and then all of a sudden, three or four firms dominate the marketplace and engines of search and the rest of that?" "Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, the European Union (E.U.) has approved "The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market" whose Article 13 mandates that anyone sharing copyrighted content must get permission from rights owners—or at least have made the best possible effort to get permission—before doing so. In order to do this, it's thought that internet services and social networks will have no choice but to build and enforce upload filters and generally apply a more heavy-handed approach to moderating what users post online." https://reason.com/2019/04/16/nancy-...7ss0V5J_1BrDqI
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