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Shares Social media giant, Facebook, has announced a new feature that will see users get a pop-up asking whether they have read an article that they intend to share. This feature, which takes effect today, was announced yesterday on Twitter.  Although the pop-up will prompt users to read the article, they can still share without reading it. Per The Verge, this feature will be rolled out to 6% of Android users worldwide.  This new feature borrows a leaf from Twitter which started testing a feature that prompts users to read an article before they share it. Individuals and governments have f...

Civil rights activists and opposition politicians have slammed a recently approved amendment to Germany’s law regulating online communications, saying it encroaches on freedom of expression and fragments the European legal space. EURACTIV Germany reports. Tabled by the German government and approved by parliament on Thursday (6 May), the amendment to the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) claims to strengthen user rights and crack down on online hate speech. The government says the amendment improves the 2017 law by expanding transparency obligations for social media companies and other onlin...

Germany: Annalena Baerbock becomes prime target of sexist hate speech Threats against politicians have sharply risen ahead of September's general elections. The leading candidate to replace Angela Merkel has rapidly become the prime target for misogyny, vitriol, and fake news. It's been barely three weeks since Annalena Baerbock was nominated as the Green party's chancellor candidate. But it took only a matter of hours after her nomination on April 19 for disinformation and hate about her to begin spreading like wildfire online. Green party election campaign leader Michael Kellner says the ha...

Switzerland ticks differently with social media laws Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg takes a grilling before the US Congress in 2018. Xinhua News Agency All Rights Reserved Fake news, incitement to violence, conspiracy theories, censorship: social media giants have a lot of power - too much according to critics. Is it possible to make the internet a boon for democracy again? Switzerland relies on the judgment of individual users. A global comparison. This content was published on May 6, 2021 - 09:00 May 6, 2021 - 09:00 Jonas Glatthard Studied political science and film studies at the Unive...

Key Takeaways Definition of “social media intermediaries” too broad. Exceptions for some use cases would have made great sense. Need clarity on the 5 million threshold. How do significant social media intermediaries define “5 million users” — daily or monthly active users, or registered users and so on? 5 million number is very low in India Need consultations for an “intelligent definition” for intermediaries Personal liability of chief compliance officer a might be too much risk for one person Timelines for grievance redressal might be too onerous on companies Rules might achie...