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1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 18-Jun-2018 07:53:05 EDT switching.social

   The #EuropeanParliament is voting on 20th June on changes to the #CopyrightDirective.

   #Article13 would mean automated content filters (like YouTube uses) on all sites. Large corporations would be able to censor and spy on all internet content, because they would be running the filters on behalf of smaller sites:

   https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/internet-luminaries-ring-alarm-eu-copyright-filtering-proposal

   Call/email your MEP *today* to say no to Article 13, especially if they're on this list of committee members:

   https://edri.org/files/Copyright_JURI_MEPs_undecided.pdf

   #DeleteArticle13

   1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 18-Jun-2018 08:34:55 EDT switching.social

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      We already know that automated content filters don't work. They put absolute power over content in the hands of a system that is opaque and broken.

      A couple of days ago YouTube took down all of the Blender Foundation's videos from the Blender Foundation's channel due to a copyright claim by... the Blender Foundation.

      The BF is an official YT partner, but days later they still cannot get a straight answer from YT about what is going on:

      https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1007952844329189377

      https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1008677459640881152