#saveyourselves

Okay. We are in an incredibly precarious position with the EU Article 13 and Article 11 vote. The EU has revised the wording back to the worst possible form. This means that all kinds of things could be negatively impacted by such a change.

Here is a list of all the things we could stand to lose:

YouTube content from European creators

European fanworks

European users on almost every single platform

The shutdown of news from all the major news sources save for TV which is horribly biased. (At least in the US it is)

This entire thing is a nightmare waiting to ensnare the globe. Remember that this is the entirety of Europe, not just one small place. This could be the global change in a few years time if something isn't done now. Looking at these articles, it is plain to see that the EU Parliament does not care for it's people or the freedoms we have had since the inception of the internet.

Should this come to pass, none of these sites will implement filters. It is too costly to go through every single thing that is uploaded with bots to see if it is copyright infringement. This means that the EU is going to be shut out of nearly every single social media and major internet platform that you can think of. Don't get me wrong, people deserve pay for what work they do but killing everything online for an entire section of the world is not the way to go about it.

Do we want a future where all of the world governments get to decide what we view online? If this comes to pass, only negative things will come from it. Take heed people. Stand up for your freedom before it becomes commonplace not to have any at all.

Why not take advice from one of the greatest (and one of the founders) of western philosophy?