A Binary Dilemma: Deciding what Online Content to Allow and What to Take Down
In this post I will have a look at what has been happening in the debate concerning misinformation and disinformation in the web sphere since my last post: Code of Practice on Disinformation. A Comparative Analysis: Methodological Limitations The public debate between Thierry Breton, the Commissioner [Kommissar] for Internal Market of the European Union (EU) and Mr. Musk’s X (formally Twitter) web platform revolves around the degree to which X is fulfilling its obligations under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). The manner in which the EU and the press has reported this controversy manifests in the narrative that X is not doing enough to combat disinformation and is not meeting these obligations. As a result, the EU has been forced to take further investigative action in this regard. This narrative is misleading in that not much is being said about what X is doing to balance the moral and democratic value of free expression with the need to combat harmful commentary pos...