The Internet should remain open and free
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@lonm: UK MEPs were 50/50, so there's still some to talk with.
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@catweazle: It wouldn't totally kill them, but would make them more underground.
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Internet Regulator Considered for UK
A cross-party committee investigating misinformation and fake news has already suggested areas for new legislation ahead of the White Paper. In July, it recommended:
- Reforming electoral law for the digital age - including clear rules about political advertising online
- Taxing social networks to pay for digital literacy programmes in schools
- Greater transparency around online advertising
However, Buzzfeed News said the government's proposals would go further. It said it had seen details of the White Paper, which included:
- Forcing websites to remove illegal hate speech within a specific time period or face penalties. A similar law is in force in Germany
- Making social networks verify the age of their users
- Punishing social networks that failed to remove terror content or child abuse images
- Restricting advertisements online for food and soft drink products that were high in salt, fat or sugar
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Web with Link Tax in the future
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@catweazle The reality would be that Google will probably only have links to Wikipedia.
But the real reality is that Alphabet (Google parent company) will just make their ad system even more aggressive and invasive to deal with the extra expense.
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@an_dz Thanks for sharing your knowledge and opinion on the matter, I believe EU will do the right thing.
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That which is right or that of the right-wing politics (majority in the European Parliament)? I have my doubts there
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@catweazle said in The Internet should remain open and free:
That which is right or that of the right-wing politics (majority in the European Parliament)? I have my doubts there
The EU is not the USA, they tend to be smarter (Net Neutrality and the Kaspersky Lies, a good example).
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@kobi said in The Internet should remain open and free:
@catweazle said in The Internet should remain open and free:
That which is right or that of the right-wing politics (majority in the European Parliament)? I have my doubts there
The EU is not the USA, they tend to be smarter (Net Neutrality and the Kaspersky Lies, a good example).
Art.11 and 13 show however that smarter does not necessarily mean also benevolent with the rights of citizens
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@kobi nope, they also supress results of own commissioned studys and follow lobbying of press giants (like US politicians do with TV networks) for positive coverage (especially concerning this law) in pending reelections.
Furthermore, due to the political party dynamics, positions get filled with phased out politicians who could not go into the private sector directly.
If the responsible person is unable to accuratly state impacts of a law he is responsible for, smart is a very missused attribute.
Fight zeh Germans!
After a similar local law failed spectacularly, they (we) are now trying to spread fear and misery all over Europe (again…). -
- A Message from George Orwell to everyone on the Internet.
- Net Neutrality
(thejuicemedia)
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In a rather fascinating turn of events, the Music Industry (who initially spearheaded the campaign for A13) now say that it would be better off not having it.
I have to wonder now, who exactly benefits if the legislation passes?
src: https://torrentfreak.com/music-industry-asks-eu-to-scrap-article-13/
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It is ridiculous and idiotic when, as happens more and more, even movie TRAILERS are blocked 'by copyright', it shows that the industry, apart from its profits, does not even know what culture and politicians are at its service either.
The author's interest should be to make themselves known, which is hardly possible with this policy.
Possibly because of this there are more and more artists who become independent from the industry, spreading their work on their own in different platforms, such as Bandcamp and others. -
The new rules, including the controversial Article 13, will hold tech firms responsible for material posted without copyright permission.
Sharing memes and GIFs will still be allowed under the new laws.
Many musicians and creators say the legislation will compensate artists fairly - but others argue that they will destroy user-generated content.
Copyright is the legal right that allows an artist to protect how their original work is used.
Tech companies have argued that artists are already paid fairly under the current system. Google said it would "harm Europe's creative and digital industries". -
A good system has for example sites like Bandcamp, where they distribute many artists avoiding the discographies. There they are themselves that distribute to their works, putting the price that they believe convenient in direct sale for the download, or for free like promotion
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I think the way the EU has handled this whole thing is quite dumb. Any attempt to speak out against A11 or A13 has just been written off as big tech coercing users into thinking that way, as if we can't speak for ourselves. And then there's the refusal to even budge or consider alternatives when the directive was so divisive - in the end it only ended up being passed by about 5 votes.
It will be interesting to see where it goes from here, as now it is up to member states to figure out how to actually implement these laws.
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There are quite many movements going on against the recently approved copyright articles and the Internet censorship.
And we can see that independent content creators are also rallying up against the "ACTA2" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvpWQkbyW2A .
I hope that European Parliament reconsiders their decision, because this is their second attempt (first one with the SOPA, ACTA...), and it might go even further.
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