EU’s new rules for tech giants are about to kick in: All you need to know

Google, Facebook, TikTok and others face one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what EU residents see online.

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The EU giveth (removable batteries, mandated USB-C) and it taketh away
violations could bring fines worth up to 6 percent of their global revenue – which could amount to billions – or even a ban from the EU.

Not too shabby! Seems like the laws at least have some teeth.
- Wish GDPR had the same kind of teeth.
  
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No better source than Al-Jazeera?
- Genuinely ignorant, what wrong with Al-Jazeera? Sure, it's biased on some topics, but aren't all news sources?
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So it's the "We can take down what we don't like"-Act
- Oh God no, the horror that the EU could remove content that promotes hatred!
  
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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.
- It's targetting only the biggest platforms and there is nothing in EU taking control.

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