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The EU attempt to separate EU citizens from dangerous notions of freedom and democracy by controlling what they are allowed to see read or hear hit a major roadblock today. Negotiations were abandoned after 11 Member nations made it clear that they would vote against the EU copyright directive after reviewing amendments designed to make this obscene piece of legislation more palatable.
Its seems that negotiations concerning the EU Copyright directive containing the now infamous Articles 11 and 13 around which there has been so much concern and criticism worldwide have been temporarily abandoned until some more substantive changes are put forward. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that the European Commission will abandon the notion entirely. The temptation towards ever increasing authoritarianism has been an ongoing trend and there is no signs of it letting up any time soon.
The legislation that has been widely criticised as anti democratic, poorly drafted, anti business, anti education, counter transparency and just about everything else is likely to get a makeover before being put back before members as soon as the EU think they can sell it as anything other than what it is. A license to be the sole provider of fake news to the citizens of member nations unopposed by any dissenting opinion. Often referred to as the anti meme law. Meme’s are likely to be the least of the casualties of this legislation. Freedom, democracy and accountability will be first in line.
At this point it has not even been suggested that the 2 most concerning articles of the directive, which could lock EU citizens behind a China style information filter, will be removed completely.
Despite the wide criticism of the initiative world wide, the directive was approved by MEPs who in the main, seemed to have little idea of the danger in the details when it was put to parliament but it seems, member nations still have deep reservations concerning this legislation. Some MEP’s questioned about the bill and their reasons for voting for it, literally after leaving the room the hall following voting seemed to have virtually no idea what was in the bill they just voted for.
For a full discussion of just how incompetently crafted, anti democratic and obscene EU legislation can get, see our previous article here on, supremeleader.eu concerning Articles 11 and 13:
https://supremeleader.eu/post/2018/10/24/article-13-and-article-11-and-the-great-filewall-of-eu-censorship
