“what could possibly go wrong”?
Presumably part of the point of this is also to get media outlets to sign up for regulatory oversight.
Commission issues guidelines to protect media content on online platforms | Shaping Europe’s digital future
Article 18 (1) of the European Media Freedom Act introduces concrete safeguards to protect media content online produced according to professional standards from unjustified removal. These safeguards require VLOPs to notify media providers in advance when they intend to remove journalistic content and clearly explain the reasons for their decision. Media providers are also given 24 hours to respond before the removal takes effect. To benefit from these safeguards, media service providers need to declare that they fulfil certain elements, such as being editorially independent and subject to regulatory oversight, through a functionality put in place by VLOPs.
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