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EU Warns Musk, Zuckerberg of 'Disinformation' After Hamas Attack

EU Warns Musk, Zuckerberg of 'Disinformation' After Hamas Attack

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The first casualty of war is truth. Propaganda takes over. Social media provides new possibilities for spreading false and misleading information, outdated and irrelevant videos, and deceptive photos. The Internet is flooded with images and videos from video games purported to be from Ukraine and the Middle East, adding further confusion and deception to an already chaotic moment. The EU has recognized this problem and recently introduced the Digital Services Act (DSA) to protect the public from malicious d

The European Commission's Digital Services Act requires big tech companies to serve as privatized censors for governments. It comes as part of a larger effort by EU officials to prohibit Russian propaganda and make the rules against hate speech more stringent across the continent. In fact, the DSA is subjugating social media users in the US to the arbitrary moderation practices of foreign governments, which have much weaker free expression protections than those guaranteed by the First Amendment. Who gave t


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