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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12585

21 October 2020
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Digital
European Parliament calls for stricter rules for online platforms
Brussels, 20/10/2020 (Agence Europe)

After a debate lasting almost 2 hours the day before, the European Parliament voted on Tuesday 20 October on three own-initiative reports on digital services which enshrine the principle that ‘what is illegal offline is also illegal online’. At the time of the going to press, MEPs had voted on the few amendments put to the vote, but still had to proceed to the final vote.

During the debate, several MEPs used the Netflix documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’ to motivate their action. The...

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