Twitter and three other US tech companies have urged the EU to take a flexible approach towards harmful and illegal online content instead of blanket rules requiring takedown, reported Reuters.
US internet media group IAC/InterActiveCorp-owned online video platform Vimeo, nonprofit browser maker Mozilla, and Automattic, owner of online publishing tool WordPress.com, made the call a week before EU tech chief Margrethe Vestager is due to present her draft rules.
Known as the Digital Services Act, the rules aim to get bigger internet companies to take more responsibility for removing illegal and harmful content as soon as they have been notified.
In a joint open letter published on Wednesday, December 9, Twitter and the other companies stated the solution should be broader than just removing content. Blunt content removal obligations could have a negative impact on freedom of expression, they stated.
“…By limiting policy options to a solely stay up-come down binary, we forgo promising alternatives that could better address the spread and impact of problematic content while safeguarding rights and the potential for smaller companies to compete,” they stated.
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