Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU
Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU
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Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU
Paywall? https://archive.is/md2Sn
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“All platforms in the EU . . . have to have a dedicated page on their website where it says how many users they have in the EU and where they are legally established,” said commission spokesman Thomas Regnier. “This is not the case for Bluesky as of today. This is not followed.”
I sure hope this is not a platform.
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I don't think any Lemmy or Mbin instance has more that 45 million monthly active and users. So it doesn't matter.
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And by the time they do, I would strongly agree on regulating them. If you have that many users you need accountability even if you're not evil.
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It is, and I doubt it is compliant with the DSA (or the GDPR and whatever else).
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Lemmy and the fediverse at large is barely governable in the current EU framework
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What's good to know that generally, in the EU and most European countries, I believe, the goal of regulations is compliance, not punishment. So "finding that an organisation is in breach" of something isn't necessarily the first step towards punishment (fines or whatever) - often the next and final step is notifying the org and the org making adjustments to comply.
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So it’s a nothing burger and they’re not violating shit.
That’s not correct. The FT has not explained this clearly.
If an online platform has more than 45 million monthly users (~10% of EU population) then it is classified as a Very Large Online Platform. In that case, the Commission can directly make rules for it.
If it has fewer users, then it is still regulated by the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA claims jurisdiction over all platforms that have users in the EU. Among other things, they need to have a representative in the EU (IIUC). FWIW I’m pretty sure that lemmy is not compliant either.
DSA: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065&qid=1732567528372
Lemmy also doesn’t have a single owner. It would be crazy hard to comply if each instance had to have their own representative in the EU.
Or maybe since most Lemmy instances aren’t corporations it doesn’t matter? I bet only a lawyer could say for sure.
They have to disclose MAU and they are not.