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The Gafa torn between the European and Trumpian approaches

2020-05-29T11:37:16.652Z


DECRYPTION - While platforms in the White House are seen as potential censors, the European Commission perceives them as a potential detractor of our fragile democracies.


In Washington as in Brussels, American and European leaders agree on a starting point: the status of platforms must be reviewed.

Beyond this observation, the approach of Donald Trump and that of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, diverge completely. Donald Trump demanding that social networks do not publish user content, even slightly, the European Commission is on the contrary preparing to ask them to moderate more what the internet users publish.

Social networks are no longer just businesses, but new "public spaces", argues the presidential decree project that the White House let leak on Thursday

At the White House, platforms are seen as potential censors. According to his latest statements, Donald Trump believes that Facebook or Twitter threaten freedom of expression. Social networks are no longer simply businesses, but new "public spaces" , argues the presidential decree project that the White House let leak on Thursday. There must therefore be complete freedom of expression. In this logic, any attempt

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Source: lefigaro

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