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12 votes
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Ireland is blocking the world on data privacy - it's the designated lead regulator for many companies under EU privacy law, but it's in bed with the companies it should be regulating
9 votes -
Why Budapest, Warsaw, and Lithuania split themselves in two
11 votes -
Brexit: UK and EU agree Brexit delay to 31 October
22 votes -
EU lawmakers voted to scrap daylight saving time starting in 2021
10 votes -
Summit leak reveals EU rift on climate change
11 votes -
MPs reject May's EU withdrawal agreement for a third time
11 votes -
The EU just destroyed the internet
3 votes -
Europe’s controversial overhaul of online copyright receives final approval
48 votes -
Brexit deadlock: None of MPs' proposed options secures clear backing in Commons vote
13 votes -
Brexit: Theresa May vows to stand down after deal is passed
15 votes -
Brexit: MPs vote to take control of Brexit process for indicative votes
10 votes -
Million joined Brexit protest, organisers say
19 votes -
EU leaders have agreed on a plan to delay the Article 50 process, postponing Brexit beyond 29 March
17 votes -
The language Wikipedias in German, Czech, Danish, and Slovak are "blacked out" for twenty-four hours to protest the EU Copyright Directive
14 votes -
Google fined $1.7 billion by EU for unfair advertising rules
14 votes -
Brexit: EU says short delay is possible if MPs back deal
7 votes -
Spotify are asking the European Commission to stop Apple's anti-competitive behaviour
9 votes -
Poland’s president wants a referendum on the EU
7 votes -
MPs vote to reject no-deal Brexit
6 votes -
Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal by 149 votes
15 votes -
Obscure no-deal Brexit group is UK's biggest political spender on Facebook
17 votes -
The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has just been finalised
21 votes -
European Parliament approves EU-Moroccan trade deal, ignoring Western Sahara Indigenous protections
8 votes -
Brexit: Most Tory members would choose no deal over May's plan. Survey also finds that in two-option poll, 76% would choose no deal over remain.
16 votes -
EU and Japan create world's biggest free trade zone
10 votes -
It began at the pub: The campaign to shame Brexit's biggest 'donkeys'
6 votes -
Brexit: MPs back May's bid to change deal. MPs have backed seeking "alternative arrangements" to replace the Irish backstop in Theresa May's Brexit plan
11 votes -
How did Arron Banks afford Brexit?
9 votes -
Brexit: Game theory suggests we may be headed for a no-deal Brexit. The parties are trying to play two different versions of the prisoner’s dilemma; to agree, they need to pick one.
10 votes -
Inside the great Italian-Australian Prosecco debate
Inside The Great Italian-Australian Prosecco Debate The EU and Australia fight over prosecco and parmesan naming rights In Vino Veritas? The Dubious Legality of the EU’s Claims to Exclusive Use of...
6 votes -
The CNIL has imposed a penalty of fifty million euros against Google for breaches of the GDPR
12 votes -
Netflix, YouTube, Amazon and Apple accused of GDPR breach
27 votes -
EU Copyright reform negotiations (Article 11 and Article 13) hit a brick wall in Council
10 votes -
Theresa May loses Brexit deal vote by majority of 230
35 votes -
Tories on brink: Historic split looms as Brexiteers and Remainers threaten to torpedo government
6 votes -
Theresa May has won a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party by 200 to 117
21 votes -
Brexit ruling: UK can cancel decision, EU court says
37 votes -
Prime Minister Theresa May calls off MPs' vote on her Brexit deal
12 votes -
Stephen Mangan meets Emily Thornberry: ‘You're facilitating a big British act of self-harm'
6 votes -
The EU Copyright Directive: What redditors in Europe need to know
11 votes -
Film Theory: All your memes are dead
3 votes -
The new populism • An investigation into the rise of a global phenomenon
5 votes -
The Brexit mess could lead to a break-up of a no longer United Kingdom
15 votes -
The paranoid fantasy behind Brexit
6 votes -
Brexit: Dominic Raab and Esther McVey among ministers to quit over EU agreement
11 votes -
On YouTube and EU Article 13
If you've been following tech news somewhat recently, you've surely heard about Article 13- the one where the EU essentially requires all content hosts to have extremely strict copyright checking...
If you've been following tech news somewhat recently, you've surely heard about Article 13- the one where the EU essentially requires all content hosts to have extremely strict copyright checking tools and have automated takedown of any potentially copyrighted works.
That got put on the backburner for a little bit, but now it's back with a vote being held in early 2019.
YouTube, being one of, if not the largest content hosts in the world, is greatly affected by this motion. In fact, they have a whole website designed to encourage their creators to talk about A13 in their videos. The page very subtly hints at massive service changes that will happen in the EU if this actually ends up passing.
The CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, has also written an op-ed for Financial times (linked to official YT blog since it's free there) about the issues facing YT if A13 passes.
I haven't heard anything from official sources, but I've heard on the rumor mill that YouTube will completely suspend creators in the EU, not allowing them to upload any content, and potentially even removing their existing content from YouTube.
What if this passes? YouTube is one of the biggest sources of free knowledge and entertainment we have today, and it's become engrained into the internet as it is today.
With all this, I simply ask, "what's next?"
9 votes -
Theresa May imposes new layer of secrecy on Brexit legal advice
6 votes -
Calling prophet Muhammad a pedophile does not fall within freedom of speech: European court
39 votes -
Single-use plastics ban approved by European Parliament
37 votes