Hello Assembled People of European Mastodon! I work at @eff on international copyright. You might have heard of #article13, the EU proposal to require © filters on sharing sites.
We're really worried that this could affect services like ActivePub/Mastodon instances, opening them up to lawsuits or requiring expensive filters.
The key vote is on Wednesday -- please call or write your MEP and ask them to vote against #article13 to protect the future of the internet! https://saveyourinternet.eu/
@mala @eff Not everybody here in the European #fediverse uses mastodon. 
@mala @eff You could make it easy for people in the UK to do so by pointing them at https://www.writetothem.com/ - write to your MEP (or MP, local councilors etc) in just a few clicks.
@mala @eff hey hey. Please don't forget about Article 11, which will have a chilling effect on (amongst other things) journalism: https://www.occrp.org/en/announcements/8003-occrp-s-position-on-the-proposed-directive-on-copyright-in-the-digital-single-market
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@mala @eff arghh, good luck danny!