Rumbling away throughout 2024 was EU threats to take action against Twitter/X for abandoning fact-checking. The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) is clear on its requirements - so that conflict will escalate. If X won’t change, presumably ultimately it will be banned from the EU.
Meta have decided they’d rather keep EU market access. Today they announced the removal of fact-checking, but only for Americans. Europeans can still benefit from the higher standards the Digital Services Act guarantees.
The next 10 years will see the power of mis/disinformation accelerate with AI. Meta itself seems to be embracing this trend by purposefully integrating fake AI profiles into its networks. From now on it looks like the main battle-ground to deal with this is going to be the EU.
The irony of all of it is that technically I can become a dual citizen anytime I wanted to file the paperwork since my parents are Portuguese citizens. But up until recently I’ve never felt the need for that particular escape valve.
I’ve always known I would have to get it eventually in order to handle my now ageing father’s finances over there when he passes. And I always regretted not doing it when I was young and free to travel before life gets one bogged down in trivialities.
It’s not that you can become a dual citizen. You are a dual citizen you just haven’t requested any evidence of that from Portugal
Yeah, I would get that in order sooner rather than later. Having you papers ready to go is emergency planning 101.
In my case, Israel is not an improvement, lol.