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8 votes
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Why Google won't break a sweat about EU ruling
3 votes -
First GDPR ruling: German court finds collecting domain registrar techincal/admin contact info violates Article 5
17 votes -
ICANN't get no respect: Europe throws Whois privacy plan in the trash
11 votes -
Wikipedia blacked out across Europe in protest against laws that could change the internet forever
18 votes -
YouTube and Facebook could escape billions in copyright payouts after EU vote. Lawmakers reject overhaul of rules which aimed to make tech giant's pay a bigger share.
2 votes -
EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board
13 votes -
‘Everyone is breaking the law right now’: GDPR compliance efforts are falling short
19 votes -
EU committee approves new rules that could "destroy the internet as we know it."
13 votes -
Cory Doctorow: "The EU is about to end everything that's good and pure about the internet"
12 votes -
Norwegian court orders website of public domain court decisions shut down with no due process
14 votes -
The EU's Copyright Directive, Article 13
Next week the EU parliament will vote for their new copyright directive. In general it contains some good ideas, but also some extremely bad ones, such as article 13. It will require all uploaded...
Next week the EU parliament will vote for their new copyright directive. In general it contains some good ideas, but also some extremely bad ones, such as article 13. It will require all uploaded content to be scanned, and deleted if it might contain references to other copyrighted material.
The issue here is the word might. Due to the possible fines for companies that accidentally leave up something that contains a copyrighted work, they are incentivized to act more harsh than often necessary. It's safer for them to delete everything that looks like it might infringe copyright than risk the fine.
This could be disastrous for the Internet as we know it. And this is why many movements are speaking out against it. One such example would be the open letter to EU parliament. More information is available on https://saveyourinternet.eu/resources/, and you can find much more about it all over the Internet if you search with your favourite search engine.
What's your opinion on article 13, and have you done anything to make your voice heard?
13 votes -
Why should any non-Euro companies care about the GDPR?
18 votes -
The EU could be about to ban memes and 'destroy the internet'
4 votes -
The EU's copyright proposal is extremely bad news for everyone, even (especially!) Wikipedia
8 votes -
Fall asleep in seconds by listening to a soothing voice read the EU’s new GDPR legislation
11 votes -
GDPR will pop the adtech bubble
13 votes -
Europe will vote on internet censorship on the 20th
11 votes -
Facebook and Google each face billion-euro lawsuits for being non-compliant with GDPR
8 votes -
EU's General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect today. Rather than comply with it, some US news sites have chosen to simply block EU users.
10 votes -
Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR
10 votes -
GDPR quiz: How will data privacy law affect you?
6 votes -
Microsoft extending EU's GDPR rights worldwide
9 votes -
This is how internet regulation can go really wrong
4 votes -
GDPR will pop the adtech bubble
9 votes -
Why am I getting all these terms of service update emails?
5 votes