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International Rights Groups to Thierry Breton: You Need to Make Clear That Under the DSA States Can’t Shut Down the Internet as Punishment for Hateful Content on Platforms
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EFF and 66 human rights and free speech advocacy groups across the globe today called on EU Internal Commissioner Thierry Breton to clarify that the Digital Services Act (DSA)—new regulations aimed at reining in Big Tech companies that control the lion’s share of online speech worldwide—does not allow internet shutdowns to be used as a weapon to punish platforms for not removing “hateful content.”
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