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EU Censorship Machine: Legislation as propaganda?
The provisions are so controversial that supporters in the European Parliament have resorted to including purely political – and legally meaningless – "safeguards" in the text as a way of getting the proposal adopted.
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Join the coordinated calls against EU’s Censorship Machine
Several organisations in different European countries have picked up their phones and mobilised against article 13 of the copyright Directive.
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Leak: The “copyright troika” launches another censorship machine attack
On 27 April, a two-hour discussion was held on the Copyright Directive in the Council of the European Union.
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LEAK: British EU Commissioner: ID check & prior approval for online posts
In a letter to Commissioner Mariya Gabriel obtained by EDRi1, the British European Commissioner, Sir Julian King, makes it clear that, not alone does he no longer find it acceptable that people should be able to communicate online without prior approval, he also objects to people communicating without being identified. Commissioner King is pushing the […]
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This 1 April, we mourn the death of parody
Traditionally, in some countries, the first of April is known for jokes and frivolity - “April Fool’s Day” in English-speaking countries and, oddly, “poisson d’avril” among French-speakers.
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Proposed internet filter will strip citizens of their rights: Your action is needed!
Policy makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen.
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#CensorshipMachine – How will the decision be taken?
The European Union (EU) is currently reforming its copyright legislation. In September 2016, the European Commission proposed its controversial draft for the new Copyright Directive that includes de facto mandatory upload filters (Article 13). This is how the process to approve this “censorship machine” will advance, from the Commission’s proposal until the adoption of the […]
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Proposed internet filter will turn platforms against users: Your action is needed!
Policy makers want to make online platforms responsible for your content.
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New copyright compromise text: Filter or be filtered
Discussions on the censorship machine continue at the level of the Council of the European Union.
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European policy makers want faulty filters to rule the internet: Your action is needed!
Policy makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen. A filter will decide which of your uploads will be seen by the rest of the world and which won’t. But these filters often fail. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Julia Reda published some examples of where filters got it wrong. Here […]
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European internet filter will destroy your freedom of expression: Stop it now!
Policy-makers are working on the largest internet filter we’ve ever seen. An algorithm will decide which of your uploads will be seen by the rest of the world and which won’t. This is how the internet filter will rob you of your freedom of expression.
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Final Copyright “compromise”: Upload filters for everyone but Google & Co
On 21 February, the rapporteur of the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) Axel Voss issued his suggestion for a “compromise” on the Copyright reform, on which the Committee will vote in April.
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