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[DOT Europe @DOTEurope]

Exiting moment ahead as Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation is being signed as we speak...
#codeofpractice #disinformation #DigitalEU

[DOT Europe @DOTEurope]

Optimism all around, now that we have a new way of tackling disinformation online!
#codeofpractice #disinformation @DigitalEU

[DOT Europe @DOTEurope]

✔️After months of fruitful collaboration between the 34 signatories, the #CodeOfPractice covers almost the entire digital landscape.

〰️A shame the news media and broadcasting sector are not onboard.

[Clothilde Goujard @clothildegouj]

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa who was honored for her fight for freedom of expression urges Parliament to vote against a so-called media exemption in the Digital Services Act.

[siada el ramly @siadaramly]

@kimvsparrentak @GreensEFA Furthermore, I would appreciate if you at least attempt to respect our privacy by not sharing our contact details on social media in line with GDPR perhaps!

[siada el ramly @siadaramly]

@kimvsparrentak @GreensEFA Very happy is perhaps an overstatement but we do appreciate the efforts made by the various groups and MEPs to further the file that we can actually get something in place

[siada el ramly @siadaramly]

@kimvsparrentak Ik zou het ook op prijs stellen als u onze contact gegevens misschien niet gewoon zo op twitter zou delen om onze privacy een beetje te behouden. Dank u

[siada el ramly @siadaramly]

@kimvsparrentak Dolblij is misschien wel een overdrijving maar wij waarderen wel het werk die de verschillende groepen/ Europarlementariërs gedaan hebben om het dossier te vorderen.

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

Largely political Qs, and research can't provide answers. But let's recognize while independent news media are incredibly important, they sometimes publish problematic legal content, aren't always independent, and categorically exempting all publishers from CoMo is a big step 9/9

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

What I hope we will consider include at least these four questions -
1) do we want a future where platforms are not /allowed/ to act in NY Post, Sky News Australia, and Sputnik-type situations?,
2) can more or less anyone anywhere claim they run an online "press publication"? 7/9

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

3) if anyone can't just say "we are a press publication" who gets to decide whether they are or aren't? (and isn't that licensing of news media?)
4) if platform interference is a threat to EBU members' and press publishers' content,how about our speech as individual citizens? 8/9

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

You and I could still be content moderated in all sorts of ways, but press publications ONLY for illegal content

What, you ask, is a press publication? Who will benefit most directly from amendment? Article 2(4) of Directive (EU)2019/790 has the anwer https://t.co/Dp71eulJRB 6/9

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

It would - for press publications but not others - do away with current status quo, where private companies at their own discretion and with little accountability, oversight, or transparency, moderate speech on the platforms they operate, often in limited and problematic ways 5/9

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

Would be a massive restriction of large online platforms' ability to act against legal but potentially problematic forms of speech. When it comes to material from press publications (including e.g. EBU members) current amendment would allow ONLY interference w/illegal content 4/9

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

I can see why EBU argue for "prohibition [on] platform interference with our content". (Whether you feel "As media[we]have strict EU and national media laws, regulatory oversight and professional editorial standards"is equally applicable across all members is different issue) 3/9

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

That Q is one of several crucial ones for what EU's Digital Service Act will mean for online speech.

Groups including e.g. @EBU_HQ (members include BBC, France Télévisions etc as well as state media from e.g. Hungary, Poland, Russia) argue for a "no" https://t.co/hsFC7TcnGM 2/9

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

Should platforms such as FB, Google, YouTube be allowed to subject material from "press publications" broadly conceived (including your favorite sources but many others too) to content moderation-as some have, whether from Aftenposten, NY Post, Sky News Australia, or Sputnik? 1/9

[siada el ramly @siadaramly]

I have had 2 parcels that were not delivered in the last fortnight yet your driver seems to have signed off as delivered! #postnlbelgie

[siada el ramly @siadaramly]

@postnl I have had 2 parcels that were not delivered in the last fortnight yet your driver seems to have signed off as delivered!

[siada el ramly @siadaramly]

This used to be a decent service provider but what has gone wrong in a year?!?!

[siada el ramly @siadaramly]

@A1Hrvatska terrible service from tech support...going into day 4 of this service not fixing my connection problem.