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/
The proposed package of laws (incl. Article 13) was defeated.
However because the package was defeated, the parliament now gets to vote on the individual parts of the package (incl. Article 13).
(It's like someone in a restaurant who rejects the set meal deal, so now they want to choose the individual courses instead.)
@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!