will be a comprehensive piece of legislation similar to GDPR, aimed at addressing illegal content on digital platforms as well as regulating the role of algorithms in content moderation and advertising transparency.
The EU's aggressive policy stance on regulating content on social media platforms will likely face new complications from individual member governments. If EU member states disagree on how platforms should be regulated, that could slow the process of determining a unified standard for platform moderation. That means comprehensive rules could take years to even develop, much less implement and enforce.
Disputes have already arisen between the EU and its member governments in this vein when an Austrian politician comments on Facebook made by an Austrian magazine be taken down. Ultimately, the EU Supreme Court ruled the posts not only had to be taken down in Austria but globally, posing concerns about the rights of one government to remove content available in another.Join thousands of top companies worldwide who trust Business Insider Intelligence for their competitive research needs.