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Oh God no, the horror that the EU could remove content that promotes hatred!
But muh cOnSerVatiVe VoiCeS!!
This law goes both ways. Left or right, extremism comes from every side.
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The problem is usually in the broadness of the definition. Less democratic regimes can easily use this to forbid material about opposing views and parties. Double-edged sword.
I think the problem is that social media has been used for great evil so an attempt to curb that is good.
At least it's a democratic body. Way better than Musk being in capricious control of deleting speech rights.
Cant less democratic regimes do that anyway?