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The EU’s Digital Services Act goes into effect today: here’s what that means (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by fry@fry.gs to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] harry315@feddit.de 117 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Alright, trying an ELI5 here.

Big internet platforms like YouTube, Instagram etc. will get new rules in the EU

  • Less relevant/targeted ads for minors
  • Ads are not allowed to target you based on your gender, ethnicity etc.
  • More transparency and more control over which content will get shown to you
  • Big internet companies can get sued for the content users upload
  • They will implement reporting and delting tools to not get sued
  • Maybe we'll see some upload filters
  • Instagram will give you a chronological feed
  • TikTok will give you some trending stuff within your region
  • EU only
[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 81 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Big internet companies can get sued for the content users upload

I've got a bad feeling about this.

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yup. I was up for it until that point. That bullet is a terrible idea.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 27 points 2 years ago

Eh, there's more nuance to it than implied in the TLDR

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