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October 3, 2019 08:50 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/1KmKrC-Jnj8/eu-court-facebook-can-be-forced-to-remove-content-worldwide
EU Court: Facebook Can Be Forced To Remove Content Worldwide
New submitter sysrammer writes: "The European Union's highest court ruled Thursday that individual member countries can force Facebook to remove what they regard as unlawful material from the social network all over the world -- a decision experts say could hinder free speech online and put a heavy burden on tech companies," reports The Associated Press. "The ruling essentially allows one country or region to decide what Internet users around the world can say and what information they can access," said CCIA Europe senior manager Victoria de Posson. "What might be considered defamatory comments about someone in one country will likely be considered constitutional free speech in another. Few hosting platforms, especially startups, will have the resources to implement elaborate monitoring systems." Another turn of the screw in the interaction between privacy and free speech.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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