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European parliament using copyright law manipulation to censor internet

Impetus · 2018-02-27 17:27:03

A proposed law going through the European Parliament got a last minute paragraph or two allowing member states and the EU to censor the internet, a la China, North Korea and Russia. With 'friends' like this, who needs enemies in the law making racket? The EU itself, and its 'member states' need direct democracy, a la…

27-02-2018 5:27pm

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A proposed law going through the European Parliament got a last minute paragraph or two allowing member states and the EU to censor the internet, a la China, North Korea and Russia.

With 'friends' like this, who needs enemies in the law making racket?

The EU itself, and its 'member states' need direct democracy, a la Switzerland, to control the excesses of dictatorship dressed up as 'democracy'. Under the Swiss system, all one needs is to gather 100'000 signatures to call a vote than than dump a sick parliamentary law creation initiative.

https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2018/02/27/eus-new-copyright-law-will-effectively-create-censorship-machines/

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