The EU approved 4% turnover fines for Google and Facebook if terrorist content is not removed
European Union flags fly at half mast in Brussels in December 2018, after a shooting incident close to the historic Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg.proposals for"tough new measures to ensure the U.K. is the safest place in the world to be online," claiming these to be the world's"first online safety laws." The U.K.
The risk for social media is that"companies that systematically and persistently fail to abide by the law may be sanctioned with up to 4% of their global turnover." Their let-off is that"they will not be generally obliged to monitor the information they transmit or store, nor have to actively seek facts indicating illegal activity."The proposal, passed by 308 votes to 204 , is not yet in final form.
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