EU Legislator Advocates User Privacy Rights Under EU Tech Rules: Reuters

An EU lawmaker has endorsed the inclusion of user privacy and anonymity rights in Facebook Inc FB, Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL, and their counterparts during a European Parliament debate to tackle hate speech and child sexual abuse issues, Reuters reports.
The European Commission’s Digital Services Act seeks higher efforts from tech giants for tackling hate speech and child sexual abuse material.
The platforms will have to initiate greater efforts to prevent the breach of fundamental rights and manipulation of elections and public health via bots.
Previously, Facebook and Twitter Inc TWTR were prosecuted for manhandling information during the U.S. Presidential election.
The Parliament plans to start negotiations with EU countries next year after finalizing the draft tech rules.
Recently, a German privacy watchdog prohibited Facebook from procuring WhatsApp user data for three months.
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