EU dismisses Zuckerberg's proposed rules for online content regulation

clock • 2 min read

It is Facebook's responsibility to meet EU's demands and not the other way around, says EU Industry Commissioner

EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton has rejected Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's proposed rules for online content regulation, saying Facebook must take the responsibility for harmful and fake c...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
EU investigating Meta over failure to protect children from 'addictive' algorithms

Legislation and Regulation

Suspects Facebook and Instagram leading minors down 'rabbit hole'

clock 16 May 2024 • 1 min read
Microsoft faces renewed antitrust charges in EU over Teams dominance

Compliance

Global unbundling of Teams insufficient concession

clock 14 May 2024 • 2 min read
EU opens disinformation probe against Meta as elections loom

Compliance

Comes as Meta closes key disinformation tracking tool

clock 01 May 2024 • 2 min read

More on Legislation and Regulation

EU investigating Meta over failure to protect children from 'addictive' algorithms

EU investigating Meta over failure to protect children from 'addictive' algorithms

Suspects Facebook and Instagram leading minors down 'rabbit hole'

John Leonard
clock 16 May 2024 • 1 min read
Tech firms must 'tame' algorithms as part of new child safety code

Tech firms must 'tame' algorithms as part of new child safety code

40 steps set out to ensure child internet use is ‘safer by design’

Penny Horwood
clock 08 May 2024 • 4 min read
IBM in court bid to shut down Software-Defined Mainframe threat to its 'big iron' gravy train

IBM in court bid to shut down Software-Defined Mainframe threat to its 'big iron' gravy train

IBM claims that LzLabs’ IBM-compatible mainframe-in-the-cloud infringes its intellectual property rights

Graeme Burton
clock 29 April 2024 • 3 min read