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Social media giants to face same EU hateful content rules as broadcasters

By Foo Yun Chee

Jul 3 2020 1:02PM

For the first time.

Social media giants to face same EU hateful content rules as broadcasters

Facebook, Alphabet-owned YouTube, Twitter and other social media will for the first time be subject to EU broadcasting rules on hate speech and harmful content under European Commission guidelines announced on Thursday. The amendments to the Audiovisual Media Services Directive adopted in 2018 ...

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