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There is no way this new law actually protects little guys. All the exemptions for small platforms go away once that platform exists for 3 years. After that you

There is no way this new law actually protects little guys. All the exemptions for small platforms go away once that platform exists for 3 years. After that you turn into another Google and Facebook. So is the EU somehow expecting a new market to open up for alternative players who only expect to be around for 3 years, before closing up shop? Who is going to invest in that? How is it going to make "big tech" less powerful when it is explicitly an on-ramp to bait and switch more "big tech" into existence? The directive is idiotic, self contradictory, and cannot possibly do what they say it will. It is stunning that critical thinking is now so bad that they can convince a majority of MEPs this is not a complete fantasy. RIP EU. This is the last straw. Selling off free expression for cheap Russian gas. Motherfuckers. If I hear one more "muh russian internet manipulation" peep from these twats...

DarkWiiPlayer 8y ago
> It is stunning that critical thinking is now so bad that they can convince a majority of MEPs this is not a complete fantasy. I don't think MEPs are dumb or incompetent for anything other than choosing the wrong people to advise them on technical issues. Consider that not everyone necessarily understands how internet content even works. Politicians don't even seem to understand that you can't "just scan content that infringes on copyright"; that you have to scan the content precisely to find out if it does so. What worries me is how they don't admit that they don't understand the situation. That they blindly believe that they can get a rough understanding of things and create good laws easily. What worries me even more is how they ignored the clear protest from large parts of the population and just powered through it as fast as they could. It's the same as with GDPR; they only hurt the small guys because they don't understand what they're even making the law for.
- cotelletta 8y ago
  If they don't have basic digital literacy, they are not qualified to be a politician in the 21st century. It's the same old story. I'm not "worried", I want these people out of office and far away from influence. The B Ark is in charge.

DarkWiiPlayer 8y ago

> It is stunning that critical thinking is now so bad that they can convince a majority of MEPs this is not a complete fantasy. I don't think MEPs are dumb or incompetent for anything other than choosing the wrong people to advise them on technical issues. Consider that not everyone necessarily understands how internet content even works. Politicians don't even seem to understand that you can't "just scan content that infringes on copyright"; that you have to scan the content precisely to find out if it does so. What worries me is how they don't admit that they don't understand the situation. That they blindly believe that they can get a rough understanding of things and create good laws easily. What worries me even more is how they ignored the clear protest from large parts of the population and just powered through it as fast as they could. It's the same as with GDPR; they only hurt the small guys because they don't understand what they're even making the law for.

cotelletta 8y ago
If they don't have basic digital literacy, they are not qualified to be a politician in the 21st century. It's the same old story. I'm not "worried", I want these people out of office and far away from influence. The B Ark is in charge.