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Without links to the actual proposal this sounds like a propaganda piece.
by hasenj 9y ago
Without links to the actual proposal this sounds like a propaganda piece.
- bigbugbag 9y agoAre you only discovering now that mozilla is into propaganda ?
- hasenj 9y agoMore or less yea. I've been recently discovering that a lot of entities I had perviously thought of as trust-worthy are usually spreading propaganda and misinformation under the guise of "spreading awareness". This particular blog fits into that pattern, which immediately triggered my skepticism.
- vanderZwan 9y agoMozilla is rather big, isn't it? I wonder if this isn't a result of Mozilla being the kind of company that attracts the type of "activist" programmer to write this kind of stuff, and also having the work environment where you can get fanatic subcultures that just assert their beliefs. This is not a dig at Mozilla specifically, this is a problem for any big company or organisation really.
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoIt's an opinion piece, on their blog. Does it seem propagandistic because you have to accept their summary of the proposed legislation? (I see they have now added a link to the text of the proposal, so they heard you). Looking at some other sources[1][2], it does seem to be at odds with their manifesto[3], for example. 1: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/11/scientists_free_software_bods_still_worried_about_eu_copyright_proposals/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/11/scientists_free_sof... 2: https://torrentfreak.com/mandatory-piracy-filters-could-breach-human-rights-eu-members-170906/ https://torrentfreak.com/mandatory-piracy-filters-could-brea... 3: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/