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It's an uneven power relationship that the EU is trying to level, and I'm grateful for that. It has nothing to do with suppressing freedom.
by akie 7y ago
It's an uneven power relationship that the EU is trying to level, and I'm grateful for that. It has nothing to do with suppressing freedom.
- jakeogh 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18863496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18863496 It's gov regulation on memory and history. Pefect for those unwilling to take responsibility for their actions, or in that case, afraid to do so because their income depends on it. PR firms' dream. Antithetical to a free society. Article 13 rests on the same short sight. Sounds like you would rather they lie to you and just show the page? Surely you cant expect them to spend money on some foreign nation's laws. If so, just wait until China hears about it.
- krageon 7y agoAs (perhaps) obvious as this argument is, you will find a large part of US-based commenters claiming freedom-related limitations wilfully ignores skewed power relationships (or deny that they exist). Given that premise, what you see is not a view that will be shared by them.
- Jamwinner 7y agoWe mostly accept power imbalances as a trade-off for more personal choice, and (often erroniously) assume they are temporary and teansient. Its obviously, not always optimal. But the whole "Those who would trade their freedom for security deserve neither" thing runs deep. I can't say I totally disagree, although our implementation clearly needs some work.
- krageon 7y agoAs with all rules, the trouble pops up when it's taken to extreme.