In an attempt to avoid copyright infringement, the proposal includes measures that will violate users' right to free speech and privacy. Here are five ways the copyright proposal will impact you if it's passed in its current form.
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Do you hate it when tech giants or governments mess with your life? It could be an everyday problem if the EU passes its proposed Copyright Directive.
If the EU gets its way, Facebook, Youtube and others will soon have the power to censor all content we want to share online. We must keep the internet free of censorship!
A new era of censorship is threatening online free speech in Europe. Watch our movie to find out details.
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Here's a warning from my parrot and me about the EU's proposed Copyright Directive. It's not too late to protect free speech online.
Free speech won an important battle in the copyright reform debate in the European Parliament, though many threats to our rights remain.
Romanians are sending a clear message to decision-makers: We don’t want link taxes and upload filters! There is still time to tell your MEPs that the proposal does NOT fit the current digital environment.
The European Union’s answer to protecting children from harmful content on the internet and combating copyright infringement is to require internet companies to filter the internet.
Here is the open letter from 57 signatories asking EU policy-makers to delete Article 13 of the new proposal on copyright in the digital single market.
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