Google Meta Faces New EU Online Rules to Prevent illegal Content

 Google, Meta Faces New EU Online Rules to Prevent Illegal Content 

The Google Bullet Unit, Meta and other major online forums will have to do more to deal with illegal content or risk major fines under new internet rules agreed between European Union countries and EU legislatures on Saturday.

The agreement came after more than 16 hours of negotiations. The Digital Services Act (DSA) is the second part of EU fraudulent Margrethe Vestager's strategy to control the Google Character unit, Meta, and other US technology giants.

Last month, he garnered the support of the 27-nation bloc and legislators through landmark legislation called the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that could force Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft to change their ways. of major business in Europe.

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"We have an agreement with DSA: The Digital Services Act will ensure that what is offline is also recognized and treated as illegal online - not as a slogan, as a reality," Vestager said on Twitter.

EU Attorney Dita Charanzova, who had requested such laws eight years ago, has accepted the agreement.

"Google, Meta, and other major online forums will have to do something to better protect their users. Europe has made it clear that they cannot act as independent digital islands," he said in a statement.

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In a statement, Google said: "As the law is finalized and implemented, the details will be important. We look forward to working with policy makers to obtain the remaining technical information to ensure the law works for everyone."

Under the DSA, companies face a penalty of up to 6 percent of their global profits for violating the rules while repeated violations could result in them being barred from doing business in the EU.

New laws prohibit advertising directed at children or based on sensitive data such as religion, gender, race and political ideology. Black patterns, which are tricks that mislead people into providing personal information to online companies, will also be banned.

Larger online forums and online search engines will be required to take certain measures in the event of a disaster. The move was sparked by a Russian invasion of Ukraine and information related to disrespect.

Companies may be required to provide data related to their algorithms to regulators and researchers.

Companies also face an annual fee of up to 0.05 percent of the annual revenue worldwide to cover the costs of monitoring their compliance.

EU Attorney Martin Schirdewan has criticized the exemptions offered by middlemen.

"Under pressure from the conservatives, a different law for middle-class companies was put together, this is a mistake. Due to the large number of companies that fall under this definition in the digital sector, the exception is similar to lophole," he said. 

The DSA will be operational in 2024.