Loading ...EU is accused of ‘taking a page out of Orwell’s 1984’ with the creation of ‘ministries of truth’ that will ensure ‘wrong thoughts are not allowed’ in a bid to tackle ‘disinformation’ online
It is expected that those in charge of the platforms that must comply with the regulation will prioritise advice given by EU-approved ‘trusted flaggers’ and fact-checkers monitoring information posted online.
Cristian Terhes, a Romanian MP and Member of the European Parliament, argued the bloc’s Digital Services Act provides it with enough power to rule on what content is true and false when it appears on the websites of some of the world’s biggest providers.
‘The European Commission has taken a page out of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and demanded that EU member states set up government-sponsored ministries of truth to ensure that wrong thoughts and banned words are not allowed into the digital space.”