Bruxelles mette in dubbio la proposta di Sánchez di ritenere gli amministratori delegati dei social media responsabili della diffusione di contenuti illegali
https://www.eldiario.es/tecnologia/bruselas-pone-duda-propuesta-sanchez-responsabilizar-ceo-redes-sociales-difusion-contenidos-ilicitos_1_12962774.html
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The European Commission views positively the fact that Member States such as Spain “want to go one step further by restricting children’s access to social media,” but warns that they should not “encroach” on areas of competence at EU level that are covered by the DSA law.
The European Commission is casting doubt on the measure announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to make top executives of digital platforms criminally liable for the dissemination of illegal content. This is one of the points the Prime Minister set out in a law that would ban minors under 16 from accessing social media.
**“Is a CEO responsible for what is posted on a social network? It’s very difficult. That is precisely why the Digital Services Act (DSA) does not carry out criminal investigations. Under the DSA we do not investigate individuals; we investigate platforms. If an executive algorithmically promotes a political party or reduces the visibility of other parties, he is not responsible, but the platform does bear responsibility,”** a European Commission spokesperson explained this Wednesday.
Sources at Moncloa (the Prime Minister’s office) responded that the President’s proposal is similar to one approved in France, although in the measure passed by the French National Assembly last week there is no provision regarding a change to the criminal code to prosecute social media executives. In 2023, France had already introduced a law requiring parental consent for minors under 15 to access social media, but it never entered into force due to doubts about its compatibility with EU regulations.
Sánchez intends, through an organic law, for figures like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg to face criminal proceedings if platforms such as X, Instagram or Meta fail to remove content that spreads illegal material, such as child pornography, for example.
The Prime Minister’s proposal also includes requiring platforms to implement age-verification mechanisms for access , another point that clashes with the European Commission, which is developing a project to create an age-verification tool harmonised across the entire EU.
The European Commission welcomes the fact that Member States such as Spain “want to go a step further by restricting children’s access to social media,” but warns that they should not take on EU-level competences that are included in the DSA, such as the verification mechanism.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation clarified that **“the European Commission proposed a set of technical requirements for Member States to develop their own age-verification tools, so that the tools designed by each country are interoperable with one another.”** According to the Ministry, **“each age-verification tool must adapt to each country’s own legislation, with common technical requirements. The Spanish application is 100% aligned with the requirements of the European digital identity regulation. We are the European country with the most advanced age-verification tool.”**
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Corrupt Brussels in help of usa big tech, as usual.
FFS
Every european state should follow Spain’s lead and fucking end the lack of accountability big tech has
Spread of misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, campaigns funded by foreign states, ability to influence elections. We shouldn’t allow this.
Social media isn’t a bastion of free speech when you can’t even decide what you watch, you have an algorithm doing it for you. One that privileges strong emotions like hate or anger.
They are right, we should not blame a ceo if illegal content is posted on a platform. We should however blame them if it stays up without any moderation.
Don’t forget, Spain is also the country that disables half the internet to prevent footbal matches from being restreamed. They are not the brightest minds on this subject.
Like who else would be responsible?Should there be a reason CEOs gets their money for…
The DSA is awonderful peace of legislation. But as Ursula said, the DSA does not carry out criminal investigations. Nor does it investigate physical persons, but rather platforms. They don’t contradict in any way.
The DSA introduces objective / non-criminal liability. The law that Sanchez wants to bring, will allow for subjective / criminal liabily for CEOs, if of course such liability can be proven before a court. One has nothing to do with the other.
Social media are the only kind of business that operates with so much impunity, taking into account the massive effect they have in society. Musk himself *personally* intervenes against his political opponents with his own posts and spreads disinformation and hate *on purpose*. We need every extra layer of protection we can have, and the people support it. Stop being such cowards over there at Brussels, seriously it’s embarrassing.
Being a leader means you are responsible for anything that happens within your organisation.
“The buck stops here.” President Harry S Truman.
Back when leaders took responsibilty…
Yes… same path over and over again, just imagine to create now eu software for social media with MORE and MORE regulations…
If a CEO refuses to fix a tool being used to make CP and revenge porn, it is logical that the CEO be held responsible.
Why shouldn’t CEOs be held accountable?
If illegal content was published in a newspaper or magazine, there would be severe consequences for those involved. If tech CEOs are unwilling, due to spurious free speech claims, or unable, due to not having satisfactory moderation, then they should be held criminally accountable for the content they platform.
“hold responsible for the spread of illegal content”. How can this be controversial ? There have been plenty of hearings in the US about this but corruption stops congress from doing anything. Spain should be admired by taking the only sensitive steps that can be taken to protect minors from this hazard.
This is so Little Mermaid shit.
Questions like “how can we apply this to the rest of the EU?” I hope.
Study on teen social media. Please, stop pushing for surveillance through identity checks like they have in China and Russia ffs.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00063-7?fromPaywallRec=false
If megaupload ceos and webs thst allow the upload of copyrighted material are responsible for his hosting platform having piracy, how are ceo of social media not responsible for knowingly keep having CP and deepfakes (wich suposedly are ilegal) in their platform and allowing their ai to create it? Not only not taking it down but promoting it