Thread:Mystic Monkey/@comment-36952777-20190505164215/@comment-679780-20190506125332

Oh how I wish for the ignorance of not knowing. I'd be less upset about it. Though kinda surprised you dunno given most websites like YouTube brought more awareness to it.

https://saveyourinternet.eu/

The European Union has forward a means of censorship against copyright infringement on the internet. This will be done with a national filter that will serve as a middle-man between individual user and the whole internet.

For example, Sonic the Hedgehog is a copyrighted franchise so the filter may prevent us from talking about Sonic. Yes this is a website all about Sonic and Sega are very leniant on their fans creativity. But artificial intelligence cannot beat human stupidity and will perhaps intervene.

Sonic is just an example. It will be for music, TV shows and anything media related, including the news where the EU will have more control over what information people can access to. So if there is news that make the EU look back or unfavourable, the EU can cover it up more efficiently.

Small or independant businesses will suffer while bigger corporates will be able to work around the issues. Sites like YouTube and I think [FANDOM] will suffer given copyright handling they have control over will be surrended to a machine And it won't be just Europes internet that will be effected by this. the whole internet will have to adapt to it which will cause some drawbacks here and there.

I honestly don't see how [FANDOM] will deal with it. I imagine they will either have to shut down, or will have to turn away users with European Economic Area IPs. And given my country is more concerned with making an internet porn filter over Brexit itself, I fear where my standing as SNNs long-time moderator will be in a few years time. Same goes for the many other users here from the EEA. (Even after Brexit, if it ever happens, we'll still probably have Article 13.)

To me, this whole things seems like something Dr. Robotnik from any of the cartoons would do. "I will take over the internet and control what people can say and do, then they will have to obey me!" It just seems so 90s villainy to me.