There is mandatory content moderation. Certain parties that stand to benefit from spreading disinformation call this censorship. And I see how this could be a slippery slope into cencorship.
But as of currently, I don’t see any major censorship going on here. But you should easily be able to prove me wrong: give me a thing I can find on a vpn that I can’t normally.
Who decides what counts as disinformation that should be censored? Most EU governments think they are the arbiters of this, and do so to protect the class interests of the capitalists which are their constituents. The definitions of questionable content change constantly as it’s about defending the status quo, not combatting “fake news.”
Relatively recently Germany has blocked Russian and Iranian media with DNS blockers (even before the start of Russian involvement in the war in Ukraine). Easy enough to circumvent if you know what you’re doing, but most people don’t.
Left leaning media like Junge Welt are on the surveillance list of the German constitutional protection agency, which makes operating normally extremely difficult. Nobody wants to work with them because they don’t want to be put on watch lists as well.
Austria and the UK are detaining journalists for daring to challenge the government narrative. Ukraine banned all non-state-sanctioned media pre-Russian invasion.
Ey, this argument was came up in the eu parlement just bit a go! It’s the slippery slope fallacy by the way. I wish the world was perfect and had no nuance. But in the end their job is to figute out how to do things right.
So that’s your answer in a way I suppose. They decide
You think too simply of the way the world works. There has to be someone protecting information in the news and online. Otherwise bad actors will spread their disinformation and make people believe ridiculous stuff.
That someone that protects has a difficult but important job. That someone is not one person. It’s people delegated by the european parlement.
I can dumb it down a bit more if you need. But it might not be as accurate anymore
Lol @ Europe doesn’t have a tight grip on news and media.
And yes I know thay Europe is a lot of countries with varying policies.
Ye that was my point, I may have misunderstood the meme then
What was your point? How did you understand the meme?
My point was that I think it’s hilarous to claim that there isn’t heavy state censorship of media in Europe.
There is mandatory content moderation. Certain parties that stand to benefit from spreading disinformation call this censorship. And I see how this could be a slippery slope into cencorship.
But as of currently, I don’t see any major censorship going on here. But you should easily be able to prove me wrong: give me a thing I can find on a vpn that I can’t normally.
Content moderation where?
Who decides what counts as disinformation that should be censored? Most EU governments think they are the arbiters of this, and do so to protect the class interests of the capitalists which are their constituents. The definitions of questionable content change constantly as it’s about defending the status quo, not combatting “fake news.”
Relatively recently Germany has blocked Russian and Iranian media with DNS blockers (even before the start of Russian involvement in the war in Ukraine). Easy enough to circumvent if you know what you’re doing, but most people don’t.
Left leaning media like Junge Welt are on the surveillance list of the German constitutional protection agency, which makes operating normally extremely difficult. Nobody wants to work with them because they don’t want to be put on watch lists as well.
Austria and the UK are detaining journalists for daring to challenge the government narrative. Ukraine banned all non-state-sanctioned media pre-Russian invasion.
Ey, this argument was came up in the eu parlement just bit a go! It’s the slippery slope fallacy by the way. I wish the world was perfect and had no nuance. But in the end their job is to figute out how to do things right.
So that’s your answer in a way I suppose. They decide
Again I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.
You think too simply of the way the world works. There has to be someone protecting information in the news and online. Otherwise bad actors will spread their disinformation and make people believe ridiculous stuff.
That someone that protects has a difficult but important job. That someone is not one person. It’s people delegated by the european parlement.
I can dumb it down a bit more if you need. But it might not be as accurate anymore
So when Europe does this it’s fine but when China does it it’s not good?
Oh, so now I’m a simpleton who should just shut up and let my overlords decide what’s best for me. Fuck off.