Censorship Laws Coming Soon? EU Threatens Facebook Over "Hate Speech"
By Melissa Dykes/The Daily Sheeple December 07, 2016 Share this article:
Did you know that earlier this spring, many U.S. tech megacompanies
including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft all signed a "code
of conduct" pledge promising the European Union they would work with an
unelected EU commission to "sanction" and "criminalize" "individual
perpetrators" of "hate speech" online.
In
addition, these companies have signed up to "promote independent
counter-narratives" favored by the EU. (Sounds like a "you can only
spread our propaganda, not anyone else's" attitude, doesn't it?)
On
Sunday, the same day a known actor walked into Pizzagate's Comet Ping
Pong and fired an assault rifle at the floor in a crime the mainstream
media is decrying as "fake news" and "hate speech" related, the EU also
added "fake news" to its list of information to censor online.
Now the EU is threatening to escalate the situation up
from "non-legislative" action if these companies don't take action to
censor "hate speech" and "fake news" within 24 hours.
Breitbart is reporting:
The
unelected executive arm of the European Union (EU) is threatening to
escalate from "non-legislative" action if Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
do not censor what it considers "illegal" online speech within 24
hours...
The "series of
commitments to combat the spread of illegal hate speech online in
Europe" developed "together with... the IT companies" included a promise
to "review the majority" of flagged "hate speech" within 24 hours.
However,
a new European Commission report has claimed this has only been
happening in Germany and France so far, and censorship often takes too
long. Consequently, one commissioner implied they could pass new
censorship laws if the "non-legislative approach" fails...
EU
Justice Commissioner V ra Jourová told The Financial Times (FT): "If
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft want to convince me and the
ministers that the non-legislative approach can work, they will have to
act quickly and make a strong effort in the coming months."
She
added: "The last weeks and months have shown that social media
companies need to live up to their important role and take up their
share of responsibility when it comes to phenomena like online
radicalisation, illegal hate speech or fake news."
And of course "hate speech" is very loosely defined here,
so it can basically be used to censor free speech online. We all know
what the phrase "fake news" has come to denote -- and nearly the entire
alternative media is encompassed within it.
It
should be no surprise that the same "fake news" the EU wants to censor
has been blamed for Brexit and the potential for other countries like
Italy deciding to leave the EU as well.
Now
that these companies have signed on willingly for the censorship, and
President Obama has given up control of the Internet just like George
Soros wanted him to, it's pretty clear where all of this is headed.
They are shutting down freedom of speech on the Internet.
Keep speaking the truth online... while you still can.
Originally published at The Daily Sheeple - reposted with permission.
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