Because the EU wants to make sure someone else than the user liable for everything. Fully controlling the Internet is part of this development. It started with

Because the EU wants to make sure someone else than the user liable for everything. Fully controlling the Internet is part of this development. It started with cookie laws and is now creeping towards total controlism a la China. In the EUs model of social democracy citizens does not need to bear responsibility for their actions, but it’s government’s job to enforce everything is in harmony. “Someone else” e.g. corporates are responsible for any negative outcomes. Whether or not open source, or many other Internet produced contents, fits into this model is secondary. This is also very easy for politicians to sell as the evil is always outside (US corporations, China, Russia) and there is never anything wrong with country or its citizens themselves. If people can go to Internet and hurt themselves e.g. by downloading an application or a package of course it must be someone else’s liability.