If passed, Article 13 will force all websites to check any and all posts for copyright violations. That will include photos, videos, words, tweets, memes, software code, etc, etc. Think about that for a minute, and shudder.

 

21st June, 2018 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

 

The internet is a bastion of free speech. You can say whatever you want about anything on any site that allows comments and post any content you like on sites that allow you to share music, code, words, video, and so on. That may be changing. The European Union (EU) Article 13 was just passed by the EU's Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee. If it makes it into law, freedom of speech on the net will be gagged.

 

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