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We have an opportunity to stop Article 13 and Article 11, which will be devastating to the freedom of the Internet in Europe. The question is: do we have the courage to do it, do we have the courage to stand for what is right?
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This is important: the EU copyright directive is not about protecting artists, it's about propping up failing giants and destroying small competitors.
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Replying to @DennisAbbott and @AxelVossMdEP
For BIG publishers you mean. Not for small innovative publishers like us! #Article11 as it is now will destroy us !
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Don't be fooled by false claims that the latest text of the EU Copyright directive exempts small businesses - part of the definition is "less than 3 years old". Many of the great small places on the Internet are much older. #fixcopyright #copyright #eucopyright
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#India: social platforms would be required to censor content that the Indian government deems inappropriate
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#Tunisia: bloggers held for criticizing officials online
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Australian blogger Chau Van Kham detained by Vietnamese authorities
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This is tomorrow
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In 3 days: protest in #Brussels (Shuman Square) on January 26th @ 13:00-15:00 Local - protesting #Article11 & #Article13 of the #EUCD
It's time to #TakeBackTheNet twitter.com/Liberalist_IA/…
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VIGIL FOR RAIF BADAWI: At today with & calling for the release of all imprisoned writers. #FreeRaif and all political prisoners. Human rights for all Saudi citizens
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Happening now in #London - we’re calling for #SaudiArabia to free the 28 journalists and citizen journalists unjustly jailed in the country, and also for #JusticeforJamal #Khashoggi. #FreeRaif #FreeWaleed
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#Kuwait: blogger sentenced to four-year imprisonment with hard labor for insulting the Amir on Twitter bit.ly/2ReE5DQ
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#Chad Republic has kept social media shut for 300 days and counting
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In 3 days: protest in #Brussels (Shuman Square) on January 26th @ 13:00-15:00 Local - protesting #Article11 & #Article13 of the #EUCD
It's time to #TakeBackTheNet
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3 days to go until our protest in Brussels (Shuman Square) on January 26th @ 13:00-15:00 Local—protesting #Article11 & #Article13 of the #EUCD
It's time to #TakeBackTheNet.
We hope to see everyone there!
facebook.com/events/2203057
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Protesters gathered outside 's offices in London to protest censored search engine for #China bit.ly/2Mn9Qd8
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Marzieh Hashemi is a black Muslim journalist, who has been arrested by the FBI as a “material witness”- during which she was forced to take off her headscarf, take a pic without it, and not provided with food she can eat as a Muslim. No charges have been brought against her #US
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Join the Internet Freedom Rally on January 26th in Brussels against the EU Copyright directive #TakeBackTheNet
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Because the Internet is worth preserving.
Because the truth is worth sharing.
Because this legislation would negatively impact everyone.
youtu.be/nFdI5SidSUw
#TakeBackTheNet
#Article13 #Article11 #EUCD
And if you can offer your support:
indiegogo.com/projects/inter
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#China awards 2-year jail term to human rights activist campaigning against Internet censorship bit.ly/2QU6Y8g
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The world is watching. Spread the word.
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Jailed Azerbaijani Blogger @Mehman_Huseynov Enters 17th Day of Hunger Strike bit.ly/2H90cf6
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#Africa: New Tactic to Suppress Online Speech: Taxing Social Media
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Today is 35 birthday. He was arrested in June 2012 and sentenced to 10 years in prison, 1000 lashes and a fine. May this be his last birthday in prison and may he be soon released and reunited with his family. #RoyalPardon4Raif #FreeRaif
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Turkey: Journalist Pelin Ünker given prison sentence of 1 year, 1 month and 15 days for "Paradise Papers" reports that exposed Parliament Speaker and former PM Binali Yıldırım, plus his sons bit.ly/2RhX5WY
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Following announcement of a planned hunger strike, Iranian authorities have cancelled Nazanin’s weekly call with her husband and imposed restrictions on all other calls #FreeNazanin
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Asia roundup: China's 'silent slaughter' of social media, Bangladesh polls marked by violence vs media, Singapore PM sues blogger for defamation, and India parliament urged to #StopTransBill ow.ly/Jp3P30ndcUo
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Also, today is the 4th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, when 5 cartoonists, among many others, were killed by Al Qaeda in what was essentially an obscene publicity stunt to stop the kids joining the ISIS branch of Jihad. Noir should we forget the name of the...
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Blogger Mehman Huseynov begins hunger strike in protest at new charges bit.ly/2QuPHSX
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More than a dozen imprisoned Saudi women's rights activists tortured and sexually assaulted while in detention
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'No person should be subjected to the type of treatment that has allegedly been inflicted upon these women activists while in detention.'
bit.ly/2F7qoEs
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