<story><title>EU Commission: ‘No longer acceptable’ for platforms to take key decisions alone</title><url>https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/no-longer-acceptable-for-platforms-to-take-key-decisions-alone-eu-commission-says/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>zmmmmm</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s hard to overlook that the political class is suddenly up in arms about this primarily because they suddenly perceive themselves as being under threat from it. Ordinary individuals and businesses have had to deal with the hegemony of the platforms for a long time and it hasn&amp;#x27;t really mattered until now.&lt;p&gt;I fear the outcome of this is going to be that it translates into massive regulatory overreach and splitting up of companies instead of what would be healthy - encourage competition through enforcing open standards and mandating interoperability and sharing of personal data. Those things would go a lot further to ensuring actual free speech as well as creating a healthier internet at the same time.</text></comment>
<story><title>EU Commission: ‘No longer acceptable’ for platforms to take key decisions alone</title><url>https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/no-longer-acceptable-for-platforms-to-take-key-decisions-alone-eu-commission-says/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mc32</author><text>I think the EU understands the precedent this sets.&lt;p&gt;The tech giants have established that if they disagree with something (using their preferred value system), they feel they have the right to take action.&lt;p&gt;Let’s say the an EU minister proposes something that’s antithetical to US principles but is lawful in the EU, now tech giants feel emboldened with the right to take action _unilaterally_ without the right to an appeal.&lt;p&gt;I believe this is what the EU fears and wants to avoid.</text></comment>