I deleted my Tumblr account, here's why

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181216/22420341242/...

Verizon's actions disgusted me and it was the final straw

Also here are two petitions
https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet

https://petiport.secure.europarl.europa.eu/petitions/en/petition/content/0424%252F2018/html/Petition-No-0424%252F2018-by-P.-Z.-%2528Polish%2529-on-deleting-Article-11-and-Article-13-from-the-draft-Directive-on-Copyright-in-the-Digital-Single-Market

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Articles 13 and 11 have been rejected and sent back to the drawing board

318 MEPs voted against the Copyright Directive

278 MEPs voted for the Copyright Directive

and 31 MEPs abstained from voting

but the fight is not over yet, please see these twitter posts by Julia Reda for more information on what you can do next

https://twitter.com/Senficon/status/1014814460488413185

https://twitter.com/Senficon/status/1014850204355432448

more info here: https://www.facebook.com/JuliaRedaMEP/photos/a.1472353419693193.1073741828.1444482109146991/2084054971856365/?type=3&theater

and here: https://www.facebook.com/openmediaorg/photos/a.10150091346724759.281668.173437729758/10156572980549759/?type=3&theater

but there is still time to stop it

We can still win: Next steps for the Copyright Directive
https://edri.org/next-steps-copyright-directive-article-13/

also here's a video from Julia Reda

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It doesn’t matter if you’re from a country represented by one of the 9 MEPs or not, we all need to stand together to put a stop to this dangerous and destructive proposal which will hamper or outright break every site and service based in the EU, which means that the impact will be seen by Internet users all over the world.
https://savethelink.org/tweet-your-mep-saveyourinternet?src=162696

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to anyone who doesn't know this but you know Andrew Francis, the voice of Shining Armor, he voiced Genki in Monster Rancher and Dilandau in the Bandai dub of The Vision of Escaflowne

https://saveyourinternet.eu/

please share

MEPs are about to cast their crucial votes on rules that could undermine the foundations of the web: the ability to link across the Internet, and the freedom to create online

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and for the record this doesn't mean I condone what CarToonZ has done (I refer to him as his alter ego's name now)

https://www.change.org/p/bronycon-zero-tolerance-for-pedophiles-yet-don-t-ban-former-friends-as-enablers-from-conventions