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The EU’s Digital Services Act goes into effect today: here’s what that means (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 128 points 1 year ago (3 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 84 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Big internet companies can get sued for the content users upload

I've got a bad feeling about this.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suspect they just can’t be willfully negligent. Right now Facebook could actively promote a genocide and not see any consequences.

[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow 7 points 1 year ago

Right now Facebook could actively promote a genocide and not see any consequences.

Rohingya says what

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

You should, this is really bad. These laws are all so backwards. That's like suing the postal service because of people putting illegal stuff in the mail. Or phone companies for streaming copyrighted material because a song was playing in the background.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looking forward to seeing ads for bras... :)

Just kidding. I don't see ads anyway.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You'll never get the support you need with that attitude!

[–] OrangeCorvus 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

More transparency and more control over which content will get shown to you

So I can block all the "this changes everything", "incredible thing you did not know", "mind blowing details about game x" videos from youtube? When I load Youtube I always scroll down on the main page and click don't recommend this channel on all videos that have titles like that or thumbnails with arrows, red circles or other crap thumbnails. Don't care what channel it is.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can try the Dearrow extension, which uses a random or community-suggested frame from the video as the thumbnail. Made by the same person who made SponsorBlock. It can also use community-suggested titles for videos as well.

[–] OrangeCorvus 2 points 1 year ago

Great idea, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you browse your subscribed channels?

[–] OrangeCorvus 1 points 1 year ago

Nope, I am mainly subscribed to business channels, like news and other stuff. I don't really follow youtubers, I think I have around 3-4.