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Netopia EU<p>The TikTok wars – why the US and China are feuding over the app (meanwhile UK govt bans app from official devices) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/16/the-tiktok-wars-why-the-us-and-china-are-feuding-over-the-app" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">3/mar/16/the-tiktok-wars-why-the-us-and-china-are-feuding-over-the-app</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/onlinesafetybill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafetybill</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalservicesact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalservicesact</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/platformlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platformlaw</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/platformaccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platformaccountability</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a></p>
Michael Karanicolas<p>This is sound advice, but also a timely reminder that the great content debates *will* come to Mastodon at some point. Federation helps to deflect some of the pressure, but once a critical mass of speech migrates here, and governments start to take notice, we will inevitably begin to see the same questions about what to do about illegal content, as well as the "awful but lawful" stuff which is at the core of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> debates. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/platformlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platformlaw</span></a></p>