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In less than one week, on SEPTEMBER 12th, the European Parliament will hold a crucial debate and vote on a proposal so terrible, it can only be called an extinction-level event for the Internet as we know it.

Under Article 11 — the “link tax” — online services are banned
from allowing links to news services on their platforms unless they get
a license to make links to the news; the rule does not define “news
service” or “link,” leaving 28 member states to make up their own
definitions and leaving it to everyone else to comply with 28 different
rules.

Under Article 13 — the “censorship machines” — anyone who
allows users to communicate in public by posting audio, video, stills,
code, or anything that might be copyrighted — must send those posts to a
copyright enforcement algorithm. The algorithm will compare it to all
the known copyrighted works (anyone can add anything to the algorithm’s
database) and censor it if it seems to be a match.

That’s terrible news for Europeans, but it’s also alarming for all the Internet’s users, especially Americans.

Before the summer, the European Parliament decided to rethink its position on EU copyright reform plans, including upload filters and a “link tax”, after massive protests.

Refusing to address the problems of his proposals in meaningful ways, rapporteur Axel Voss (EPP)
failed to build broad consensus around an alternative plan.
Consequently, over 200 individual proposals for changes were filed. MEPs
will vote on all of them on Wednesday, September 12.

Here is a link where a MEP published the alternatives they will choose from. Call, email, fax, and do everything in your power and beyond for your MEP today and urge them to choose one of the options that avoids filtering uploads or restricting links!