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German Data Privacy Commissioner Says Article 13 Inevitably Leads to Filters

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Re: German Data Privacy Commissioner Says Article 13 Inevitably Leads to Filters

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This comes as a surprise to no one but Axel Voss.

Nah there are a lot of artists that think it's just fine to censor the entire internet so that they can make more money

James Blunt is one of them https://twitter.com/CDU_CSU_EP/status/1098531302490468352 and "helping" the CDU campaign

Re: German Data Privacy Commissioner Says Article 13 Inevitably Leads to Filters

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I'm waiting for the inevitable EU firewall that will ultimately be required to aggressively control all Internet usage for anyone in the EU. It can end no other way than that. Particularly as these draconian regulations continue to get worse. How else will they enforce these policies against foreign entities that can trivially ignore them while still serving EU users? They have to put a stop to that, as it's an easy…

I think it's going to be more like a reverse firewall, so to say: non-EU companies geo blocking IP addresses of EU origin. This is already happening because of the GDPR. We might lose access to sites like Reddit and maybe even GitHub from inside the EU. I don't think the parties pushing for this legislation are fully aware of how deeply this might impact the technology sector, directly and especially indirectly.

Re: German Data Privacy Commissioner Says Article 13 Inevitably Leads to Filters

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post #13

So we will have automated censoring. What a world we have to live in. Do the MEPs really do not understand what they are building?

Why, they do perfectly - their careers and their retirement plans.

Not if we can get everybody to vote them out. We need more public attention for this. There are plenty of people who will be hurt by this who blindly vote for the parties that support this.

Re: German Data Privacy Commissioner Says Article 13 Inevitably Leads to Filters

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why, they do perfectly - their careers and their retirement plans.

Not if we can get everybody to vote them out. We need more public attention for this. There are plenty of people who will be hurt by this who blindly vote for the parties that support this.

It's not going to happen. The number of voters in EP elections is low and the main parties at home will devote their resources on these elections.
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