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The European Union Would Love to Control Your Internet Use
americanthinker ^ | 09/16/2018 | Janet Levy

Posted on 09/16/2018 9:14:53 AM PDT by chief lee runamok

Imagine an internet in which users can't freely blog, parody, share material, or remix content – an online experience in which linking, code-sharing, and the unfettered use of art and images would be nearly impossible due to legal limitations. Unfortunately, this scenario – a restrictive internet culture – may soon be a reality in the European Union with the recent passage of the European Unions Copyright Directive.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: europe; europeanunion; fueu; internet; netneutrality; technotyranny; tyranny
No more freerepublic should this affect USA.
1 posted on 09/16/2018 9:14:53 AM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: chief lee runamok

And those EU @$$holes have done a very effective job of making American companies subject to GDPR. As individuals, we all refuse to bow down to the EU, since they are an ocean away and we live in a (so far) sovereign country. Like all socialists, however, the EU was at least smart enough to go after the visible targets they can control, the businesses, so that we all have to play by their rules. Look for that to happen in this case as well.


2 posted on 09/16/2018 9:22:48 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: Hardastarboard

This is why Net Neutrality must be defeated at ALL costs here in the USA. Net Neutrality = Google/Facebook/Twitter conservative banning x 1,000 (or as I call it, “Net NEUTRALIZER”).


3 posted on 09/16/2018 9:35:00 AM PDT by GOP Congress
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To: chief lee runamok

4 posted on 09/16/2018 9:55:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: chief lee runamok

It’s already happening in the US.


5 posted on 09/16/2018 11:52:20 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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