EU article 13 is bigger than many people think. In reality many platforms either have to create massive content filters for EU users "to fight copyright Infringement" OR make it much more easier for themselves and simply block their services from EU member countries(many american companies already did this after GDPR back in may which was the start of this all) There is also article 11, the so called "link tax" which for example makes Google liable for every website they link. Since Google is a search engine, this means they are pretty much linking stuff by default, thus technically they'd have to pay every single site owner which is of course impossible task for them so it's just easier to block whole EU countries from using their services. Twitter has tons of copyrighted stuff too which means they'd have to put their own massive filters or block all EU countries. Are you seeing the picture I'm painting here?
EU ARTICLE 13 AND 11 IS ALL ABOUT FORCING MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO BLOCK EU USERS FROM THERE, THUS SILENCING THEIR VOICE FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD. THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE THE GREAT FIREWALL OF CHINA BUT COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO DO THE CENSORING HERE. 8CHAN WAS ALREADY PUT ON ISP CP FILTER LIST IN ITALY FOR NO REASON AND THIS IS LIKELY OUTCOME IN ALL EU COUNTRIES ONCE ARTICLE 13 AND 11 ARE FULLY APPROVED WHICH IS EXPECTED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR SO NOT MUCH TIME LEFT.
YouTube says that new EU copyright rules could force it to ban people from uploading their own videos.
It says that the new directive puts its entire creative community at risk and that the new rules could "drastically change the internet that you see today".
The comments from YouTube boss Susan Wojcicki are just one part of widespread outrage about the new rules, which campaigners have referred to as the 'meme ban'.
One of the most controversial part of the EU's new copyright directive, known as article 13, will force major platforms like YouTube to scan through everything uploaded to them and ensure that nothing in it includes copyrighted content. Campaigners argue that could force companies to ban memes that use pictures or gifs from existing media, and that it could damage the way that social networks operate.
Opposition to the rules has united copyright campaigners and the major internet platforms, which have argued that it could undermine the very way the internet works. Now YouTube has spoken out in perhaps the most passionate comments from the tech industry yet.
The company said that YouTube could be forced to stop allowing normal users to upload videos, instead concentrating them in the hands of a small number of big companies. Viewers in the EU could be blocked from viewing some videos and small creators could be ruined, the company said.
Ms Wojcicki wrote that article 13 "threatens to shut down the ability of millions of people – from creators like you to everyday users – to upload content to platforms like YouTube", in a letter written to the site's community of video creators. "It threatens to block users in the EU from viewing content that is already live on the channels of creators everywhere," she wrote.
The new rules also "threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs", she said.
"The proposal could force platforms, like YouTube, to allow only content from a small number of large companies," she wrote. "It would be too risky for platforms to host content from smaller original content creators, because the platforms would now be directly liable for that content."
Article 13 is just one part of a sweeping set of copyright rules that proponents claim will help fight against the theft and reuse of videos and music. Another controversial part of the rules is article 11, which will create a "link tax" and mean that sites like Google could have to pay to show a snippet of the websites they link out to.
EU lawmakers have voted through the new rules and their wording could be finalised by the end of the year. The directive is expected to go into force soon after that.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/youtube-eu-copyright-rules-meme-ban-article-13-11-latest-google-a8596366.html