The European Union reached a landmark deal early Saturday to take aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content.
Digital Services Act also takes aim at material promoting terrorism, child sexual abuse and commercial scamsGoogle said in a statement on Friday that it looks forward to 'working with policymakers to get the remaining technical details right' to ensure the new EU law on online content 'works for everyone.
EU Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager added that "with today's agreement we ensure that platforms are held accountable for the risks their services can pose to society and citizens." Year of reckoning for Big Tech: How U.S. lawmakers plan to rein in companies like Facebook and Google in 2022
Negotiators had been hoping to hammer out a deal before French elections Sunday. A new French government could stake out different positions on digital content. The Digital Services Act would ban ads targeted at minors, as well as ads targeted at users based on their gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation. It would also ban deceptive techniques companies use to nudge people into doing things they didn't intend to, such as signing up for services that are easy to opt into, but hard to decline.To show they're making progress on limiting these practices, tech companies would have to carry out annual risk assessments of their platforms.
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