{"id":40481,"date":"2018-11-14T06:29:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T11:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40481"},"modified":"2018-11-14T06:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T11:30:23","slug":"40481","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40481","title":{"rendered":"ACTA 2.0 \u2013 the end of freedom on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header row \">\n<div class=\"entry-title link-disable\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/gefira.org\/en\/2018\/11\/13\/acta-2-0-the-end-of-freedom-on-the-internet\/\">ACTA 2.0 \u2013 the end of freedom on the Internet<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"popup-gallery\"><a class=\"post-images\" title=\"Source: gefira.org\" href=\"https:\/\/gefira.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/acta_image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/gefira.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/acta_image-150x150.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gefira.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/acta_image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/gefira.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/acta_image.png 300w\" alt=\"Source: gefira.org\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Freedom of expression is a thorn in the side of EU technocrats. The new intellectual property law adopted by the European Parliament in September threatens our fundamental rights.<\/strong><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\">1)<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Internet means freedom. Still. We can (still) freely retrieve content with our search engines. We can (still) freely and without further ado access the sources in a text. This will soon change. Article 13 of the controversial law says that website operators and Internet providers will be held accountable for the content of their customers and readers. The new law thus obliges them to use the so-called upload filters. The filter obligation leaves it to the software to decide what users are allowed to upload and what not. In plain language it says the provider will control and censor our activities on the net: every uploaded photo, video, every text will be checked. The question arises: what criteria will apply to this censorship and how and by whom will this filter software be programmed? The EU Commission will certainly soon be proposing detailed guidelines to combat fake news, the spread of terrorism on the Internet, and to combat those who infringe copyrights. All right, but it will also be a tool to suppress the critics of the EU, independent bloggers who want to throw light on the incompetence and insolence of the Brussels technocrats, dissidents (not left-wing liberals). And I bet: the directives will be introduced very quickly and eagerly in all EU countries.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/zagb7b4c9bggbbn\/image.jpg?raw=1\" width=\"820\" height=\"546\" \/><i>Source: shutterstock.com<\/i><\/center><span id=\"more-31654\"><\/span>Article 11 deals with the introduction of a kind of tax on links. From now on, when we publish a link on our website, we have to pay the owner (the author or publisher) for it. Technocrats believe that if we refer to a specific source and link it in our text, the source is entitled to a remuneration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACTA 2.0 \u2013 the end of freedom on the Internet Freedom of expression is a thorn in the side of EU technocrats. The new intellectual property law adopted by the European Parliament in September threatens our fundamental rights.1) Internet means freedom. Still. We can (still) freely retrieve content with our search engines. 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