The EU Commission has been forced to retract a Medium post in which it patronised and dismissed opponents of the controversial Article 13 proposal that will force platforms to surveil and censor users' postings with copyright filters, calling them a "mob." The Commission characterised the opposition as being stooges for Google, hoodwinked by the company to carry water for it, despite the fact that Google has quietly supported the idea of filters as an acceptable alternative to other forms of regulation (Facebook, too, has supported the proposal). The Copyright Directive -- which contains the offending Article 13 -- is coming up for a vote this spring, just before EU elections; the Commission has, it seems, chosen a side in that vote and is attempting to sideline and marginalise EU voters who might put pressure on their elected representatives. The Commission's piece has been removed (read an archived copy here), and replaced with a message that blames readers for not understanding it correctly. This patronising dismissal marks a new phase in the effort to force the Directive through the Parliament; it supercedes an earlier tactic of characterising opponents of the Directive as "bots" (one German politician tweeted his suspicion that Google had unleashed bots on him, citing the fact that the voters who'd contacted him were using Gmail accounts!). The tactic is backfiring.
Eu Commission Calls Opponents Of Copyright Directive A "mob," As Thousands Take To The Streets For The #artikel13demo
Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
Mon, 02/18/2019 - 10:20pm
Topics: facebook the copyright directive parliament one german google #niemehrcdu christian democratic union mentioning sopa eu commission deletes article post because mob understood incorrectly andy/torrentfreak eu commission/medium image #artikel13demo #cologne #copylaw #censorshipmachines #article13 #linktax #article #stopacta2 copywrongs copywrongs february eu eu eu commission article the commission directive the the copyright right cologne march germany copywrongs opponents thousands vote voters supported bots pressure force tactic filters proposal fact opposition removed elections earlier archived piece
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