China and Russia undeniably trailblazed developing/deploying mass censorship tech+law (@Advox has chronicled their strategies for yrs). Oppressive regimes the world over followed (using western-made “digital arms”) and in recent yrs, “liberal” democracies are increasingly caving.
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The hilarious part is that the latest nail in the coffin of the European internet was driven in enthusiastically by publishers & press associations, hoping to squeeze the golden goose (probably to death)https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/12/european-parliament-gives-thumbs-up-to-controversial-copyright-reforms/ …
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