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NEW - The European Commission is expected to publish the 'chat control' bill tomorrow. Lawmakers want the content of messages and images to be controlled by artificial intelligence directly on users' devices, in order to circumvent encryption protocols.
Critics say it is an attack on the digital privacy of correspondence and leads to mass surveillance.
The German Chaos Computer Club protests in an open letter against the "chat control" bill. It is "fundamentally flawed technology" and an "unprecedented surveillance tool".
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A few carrots for a BIG liberticidal stick!It is done ! After the DMA, Europe voted for the DSA,
new section of its policy aimed at regulating the practices of web giants.
On the Old Continent, Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Twitter will have to comply with very strict new rules. And beware of penalties if they don't. Fomented by European Commissioner Thierry Breton, this project will put an end to the sometimes scandalous practices of web giants.
Concretely, what will change?
What exactly are DSA and DMA?
What are the penalties for breaches?
We will explain everything to you.
DSA, DMA: what is it?
The DMA and the DSA are two complementary components aimed at regulating the activity of the digital giants.
Le DMA stands for Digital Market Act. This text grouping around twenty rules is presented by the European authorities as a means of limiting the monopoly of large digital companies, including GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft) as well as Twitter.
Other companies are also part of the batch but the final list is not yet established. The text explains that the companies concerned are those “providing platform services whose market capitalization reaches at least 75 billion euros or whose annual turnover exceeds 7,5 billion euros”.
They must provide services such as “browsers, messaging or social media that have at least 45 million end users per month in the EU and 10 business users per year”.
The purpose of the DMA is to strengthen competition to give a chance to companies not having the dimension of Google or Apple to take part in the digital economy. The DMA is also reviewing the rules on targeted advertising.
Le DSA, he was concluded after the DMA. It stands for Digital Services Act. And if the discussions lasted longer, it is because the issues are more concrete for the users. It is this text that will push the web giants to review their entire operation in Europe.
To simplify, the DSA aims to more severely punish the excesses of users on the web, by giving responsibility to GAFAM. Thus, faced with hate speech, for example, social networks will no longer be able to brandish the excuse of “we are only intermediaries”.
Concretely, what will change for users?
AMD:
That's all well and good, but how will all of this materialize on a daily basis for users? Let's focus first on the changes involved with DMA. Upon its entry into force, the user may:
— freely choose your browser, virtual assistant or search engine
— remove all pre-installed applications on electronic devices
— choose your application store, including on iPhone. It's a real blow for Apple, which will have to authorize the installation of alternative stores to the App Store.
— choose to freely integrate their means of payment into their smartphone. Here again, Apple will see red since it will have to open the NFC chip of the iPhone to systems other than Apple Pay
— send a message to its interlocutors from and to any service. For example, if we send a message from WhatsApp to a user who has iMessage, the messages must be able to be exchanged. This is called the interoperability of messaging platforms
DSA:
The DSA also brings great changes in the daily lives of users. Here are the main changes made:
— prohibition for digital players to target advertising for children or based on sensitive data (sexual orientation, religion for example)
— opening of algorithms to authorities. A team of specialists (initially 150 according to Thierry Breton) will be able to analyze the sacrosanct algorithms of the platforms on request.
— the conditions of use must be understandable to everyone. No more 50 pages with tiny mentions at the bottom of the page.
— the platforms (especially social networks) will have to set up moderation teams capable of understanding the language of each country and who will have to ensure that the laws of reality are applied in the virtual world. For example, hateful, racist comments, insults, harassment will all be comments that will be moderated by the platforms.
— social networks will have to integrate a simple reporting tool with an obligation to react quickly
in the event of a crisis, digital players will have to react at the request of Europe
These are the main changes that the new European texts will bring. Other more technical rules are also part of the text, but do not necessarily have a direct impact on the daily lives of users. Be that as it may, if they don't want to lose a market of 450 million users (larger than the United States), the web giants will have to comply.
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