New EU Copyright Law Could Force Online Platforms To Ban Memes Across Europe

A new law being just passed in European Parliament and in the process of becoming finalized has received scant media attention, but could be nothing short of revolutionary in terms of its lasting impact on the internet, political speech and discourse, and the potential for censorship. So far the EU is moving the law forward, but it has sparked fierce push back, as it looks likely that soon entirely legal content will be caught in the law's dragnet.

The law, in its full named called The European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, is intended to updated existing copyright laws for social media and the internet, but critics say it's incredibly short sighted and creates more problems than it does solutions. At the heart of the law is Article 11, which as been dubbed the "link tax," and Article 13, which is being called the "meme ban" due to the likely potential that internet memes could be banned across Europe.

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