No. of Recommendations: 6
let's use a left-leaning site (The Hill) to establish the basic facts:MBFC:
Overall, we rate The Hill Least Biased based on balanced editorial positions and news reporting that is low-biased. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting, rather than High, due to
previous opinion columns promoting unproven claims and a lack of full transparency in distinguishing opinion headlines from news. ME: The Hill is not considered left leaning.
Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor - 08/17/24 10:30 AM ET Turley's even a liberal!ALLSIDES:
Jonathan Turley is a author source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Right.MBFC: Overall
we rate JonathanTurley.org as right-center biased based on criticism of Democrats and the defense of Donald Trump’s legal positions. We also rate him Mixed for factual reporting due to referencing his own writings and making statements that are not entirely true.
So Turley is a right winger and not a liberal. This is dissembling, I know you worked hard at that, so you get an E for effort.
So far you are 0/2.
So if, say, a person travels to the US from the UK and visits a gun range, shoots a gun, and has a picture taken of themselves posted on social media...then that outlet may be liable for promoting a criminal act. And be fined accordingly.You don't explain how you arrive at the above conclusion in your example, just reference four pillars and post a link.
ME: You don't seem to realize that the UK is not part of the European Union anymore, so the person in your example isn't subject to the DSA. Further, there are gun ranges all over Europe and the UK. Are you under the impression it's illegal to fire guns at ranges in Europe or the UK? The person in your example is doing everything legal at the gun range in the USA, so exactly how is it illegal to post that picture in the UK? Or in Europe under the DSA. Let's ask about your example under the DSA, but change it to a Frenchman.
"No, posting a picture of yourself legally shooting at a US gun range as a Frenchman isn't inherently illegal under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), but it depends heavily on the content of the photo, the platform's rules, US laws, and French laws; the DSA regulates platforms, not individuals, but
platforms must act on illegal content, so you'd need to ensure the photo isn't violent, unsafe, or promoting illegal firearm activity under US/French law or platform Terms of Service (ToS)."So far you are 0/3. It's baffling why you think a picture of legal activity at a gun range in the US is promoting a criminal act if posted in France. Do you understand that that isn't illegal and happens regularly? Here's a link to a Frenchman at a Paris Gun range:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tacticalgear/comments/1cy..."eu.boell.org" is the URL for the Brussels office of theHeinrich Böll Foundation, a German political foundation affiliated with the German Green Party. Its content reflects a specific political perspective (Green and center-left) rather than being a neutral or unbiased source of information on the EU.
BOLL: From user rights to systemic risks (about a third of the way down_
"...Reading the first, long-awaited risk reports is, however, sobering. A good example is TikTok. In the context of the Romanian election, serious accusations were made against the Chinese platform: following the publication of reports by local civil society groups, in which TikTok was accused of amplifying the content of the ultra-nationalist presidential candidate Calin Georgescu, and a report by the Romanian secret service alleging cyber attacks and foreign influence, the Romanian Constitutional Court annulled the election results. Shortly afterwards, the European Commission initiated proceedings against TikTok for failing to manage systemic risks related to the integrity of the Romanian elections. TikTok's own report on systemic risks also addresses election-related misinformation; however, it focuses on the dissemination of fake news and ignores factors such as the misuse of TikTok's recommendation algorithms or the manipulation of the platform to spread content via inauthentic accounts in a coordinated manner. This illustrates the significant discretion that platforms have in defining systemic risks and implementing their own risk mitigation strategies. " From Boll
"Călin Georgescu's "bias" refers to his controversial far-right, ultranationalist, anti-western, and pro-Russian stances, as well as allegations of foreign interference and campaign funding fraud that led to the annulment of Romania's 2024 presidential election."
And this is a classic: see link to IFES below
"III. Re-Opening the Case: Court Findings
The declassification of intelligence reports two days later prompted the Court to revisit the matter and in its Decision No. 32, the Court acknowledged the declassified evidence of interference. The Court further highlighted serious irregularities in electoral campaign financing.
Official campaign declarations submitted to the Permanent Electoral Authority reported no spending by one candidate, a figure starkly contradicted by the scale of the candidate’s online presence and findings in intelligence reports.This discrepancy
points to undeclared sources of funding, potentially linked to external entities or third-party actors operating in violation of national laws. Such practices reflect a broader trend of strategic corruption. Key issues raised include: third-party financing, in which undisclosed and unregulated funding flows through proxies to finance digital campaigns, obscuring its origins and bypassing legal limits; hybrid political finance warfare, in which external actors finance information campaigns or boost online exposure, exerting undue influence while remaining hidden from public scrutiny; and weak oversight by election management bodies (EMBs) that are insufficiently equipped to oversee online advertising expenditures carried out through intricate digital networks and platforms."
https://www.ifes.org/publications/romanian-2024-el...ME: Gee, that may be evidence something was off in the election, eh? Are you saying you want the above and external actors to be allowed to interfere with elections and not guarded against? Because that seems to be what you are saying.
As for systemic risk:
"Under the Digital Services Act (DSA), systemic risk refers to large-scale negative impacts stemming from a platform's design or function, covering issues like illegal content, fundamental rights violations (e.g., freedom of speech, privacy, child rights), civic discourse/electoral integrity, public security, public health, gender-based violence, and harm to minors' mental/physical well-being, requiring Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Search Engines (VLOSEs) to identify, analyze, and
mitigate these broad societal risks, not just individual user-level issues." Dope: "Systemic risk" to what? If Joe Blow says "men are men and women are women".
I don't see a problem with what Joe Blow said. Sounds like an individual user-level issue. I think they mean something different than your example.
Adios.
