Copyright Directive
EU Passes Controversial Copyright Law With ‘Link Taxes’
Lawmakers exempted non-commercial and smaller platforms from the directive, but opponents of the law still worry that it will lead to greater censorship on the internet.
The EU just voted to fundamentally change how the internet works
Julia Reda of the Pirate Party, which campaigned to reject the directive, called Wednesday's vote “catastrophic.”
The EU Could Vote to Wreck the Internet Tomorrow
Link taxes and mandatory copyright filters are still points of contention.
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