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YouTube, Facebook, other platforms should see content moderated by regulator, EU lawmakers' resolution says

By Matthew Newman ( July 7, 2020, 14:51 GMT | Insight) -- Online platforms such as Google’s YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo should come under a regulator that would decide on material to be removed rather than being left to do their own “content moderation,” EU lawmakers said today. The European Commission should propose a regulation as part of the Digital Services Act that would require an independent judge — not a private company — to ultimately decide on the legality of user-generated content, according to a draft resolution by the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee.Online platforms such as Google’s YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo should come under a regulator that would decide on material to be removed rather than being left to do their own “content moderation,” EU lawmakers said today....

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