Irland, wo die meisten großen Technologieunternehmen bei ihren Aktivitäten in Europa mit EU-Recht konfrontiert sind, kündigt nach Monaten der Gewalt gegen Einwanderer nun an, dass Führungskräfte und Eigentümer sozialer Medien mit finanziellen Sanktionen und persönlicher Haftung rechnen müssen, wenn sie schädliche Inhalte nicht entfernen.

Submission Statement

[Anti-immigrant violence and riots have spread to neighboring Britain](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/07/sadiq-khan-calls-on-londoners-to-check-on-friends-and-neighbours-amid-rioting) in recent days, but Ireland has had this problem for months. There were [major riots in Dublin in November 2023](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Dublin_riot), and continuing low level violence since; particularly arson attacks on immigrant accommodation centers.

All of this is being facilitated via social media, and the Big Tech’s owners face almost no consequences for the rioting and violence they help promote. In the case of one prominent social media company, they are specifically boosting, encouraging and helping those promoting anti-immigrant violence.

Ireland benefits a lot from being (mostly American) Big Tech’s EU HQ. It’s the jurisdiction where they are subject to EU law on their European activities, but Ireland usually plays a ‚good cop, bad cop‘ routine, where it tries to be Big Tech’s friend in implementing EU law. It seems Ireland is about to get tougher. Its Prime Minister, Simon Harris, has faced months of protests outside his young family’s home, and death threats against him, his wife, and their children hosted on social media. It seems like he’s had enough.

Trying to shut down people’s consent huh

Looks like Canada has a contender for shittiest country in terms of free speech, right after China