Yeah I think a site should hold some responsibility in stopping child pornography on their website but maybe that’s just me
What is this dangerous precedent? Sites already censor there users? Example tumblrs massive ban on NSFW content.
I really do not see the danger here besides fear mongering about the EU
The real danger and what is actually is scary is how easy people believe what they read and use it make wild accusations and claims
The dangerous precedent is the fear mongering media outlets and likewise clueless youtubers spouting nonsense and people actually listening to it as if it were fact
This kind of sensationalist reporting is what is used in countries like Russia to oppress and generate fear and hate
To sway popular opinion with “what could happen”
Then this is what is really used to oppress people not some EU law that could possibly cause harm in a worst cause scenario
Just as saying “if we elected this person this will happen”
There may be no proof to back up these claims but people will believe it and grow fearful and hateful of that person
This can be extended to groups of people and I think that is definitely the case here
An article
The EU is a European community that wants to create economic and overall peace in Europe
China is a brutal dictatorship that massacres it’s people and commits a mass of human rights violations
That’s the difference
Also I’m not saying to not criticize it
Just realize who has the most the to gain from this circle jerk about the EU
sounds just like the Russia media to me
Talk about America all you like
But the difference again comes to one to being a democratic state and the other being a brutal oppressive regime
You have to understand one deserves FAR more criticism
Yet it does not receive it
Russia invades and annexes crime from Ukraine
no international reaction
America breaths
“IMPERIALIST”
Can you imagine what would happen if America invaded and annexed part of a country?
The backlash that would happen ?
The large difference here is everyone is always riding the “I hate the EU” bandwagon
Where as no one is saying anything about China
EU proposes copyright law
“NAZIS”
China brings African countries into huge debt then takes their oil fields and natural resources, kidnaps falun gong members and harvest their organs, lies and says tinannamen square among other massacres never happened
“I love trading with China”
If you want to read about it
So yes the EU does deserve criticism
But sometimes we need to stop and think why is this suddenly being spread and pushed by thousands of news agencies (many with Chinese connections)?
Could it be China plan of trying to discredit and break apart the EU to further their global trade dominance
Or to keep the mainstream light of their brutal disgusting humans rights violations
Both is the answer
Sometimes you need to look behind just what the massive headline says and think why is this all of a sudden being made into a overwhelming ordeal
This is done all around the world all the time
Sensationalist stories flood the news with fear and hate to hide from the public the real danger they should be worrying about
I would have to say China dominating global trade and harvesting peoples organs (neo colonialism amongst many other things)is a bigger issue then the EU possible censoreship of peoples memes
