to squeal or not to squeal

I don’t want to disappear without a forewarning.

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:50:07 -0400

As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.
Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.
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This doesn’t just affect Europe. The content creators you love are going to be in hot water for sharing their art and writing with you online. Any and all content that doesn’t belong to us will be filtered. Even memes are at risk, as the person who took the original photo may want to file complaints against any platform that allows it to be used without permission. But it goes even further than that.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf, Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
Here is the original Article 13. It’s even scarier. / Link 2
Here is how to contact your MEPs.
Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.
Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesn’t seem to care.

johere: these RK model prototypes smh

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:25:42 -0400

johere:

these RK model prototypes smh

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Tue, 26 Jun 2018 04:16:34 -0400

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Tue, 26 Jun 2018 02:23:17 -0400

prokopetz: Just as the phrase “what the entire fuck” implies the existence of fractional fucks, the...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 02:11:10 -0400

prokopetz:

Just as the phrase “what the entire fuck” implies the existence of fractional fucks, the phrase “what the absolute fuck” implies the existence of both positive and negative fucks (or else there would be no need for an absolute value operation). Taken together with the phrase “what the actual fuck” (which implies the existence of imaginary fucks), we may thus conclude that fuckery is isomorphic with the complex field.

don’t move hank or you’ll spook the connors

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:32:58 -0400

don’t move hank or you’ll spook the connors

brodinsons: xforce1991: xforce1991: sarah connor is cable but for lesbians

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:31:56 -0400

brodinsons:

xforce1991:

xforce1991:

sarah connor is cable but for lesbians

captainmarvels: Evangeline Lilly ending male actors in 78...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 07:37:15 -0400

captainmarvels:

Evangeline Lilly ending male actors in 78 seconds. (x)

queencate: Cate Blanchett and Jeff Goldblum + nipples

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:13:00 -0400

queencate:

Cate Blanchett and Jeff Goldblum + nipples

bad1dimagines:who the fuck is richard

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:11:33 -0400

bad1dimagines:

who the fuck is richard

ladiesbird: made by @stateofgraice

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 11:46:14 -0400

ladiesbird:

made by @stateofgraice

radfrank: I love my chemical romance…. Especially the lead singer [looks at smudged writing on...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 11:44:51 -0400

radfrank:

I love my chemical romance…. Especially the lead singer [looks at smudged writing on hand] “gentle gay”

heteroh: deadcyberbitch: I HATE HORMONES really? i liked her i felt she had an important part in...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 11:42:19 -0400

heteroh:

deadcyberbitch:

I HATE HORMONES

really? i liked her i felt she had an important part in harry potter

i-am-a-fish: tereozil: Laugh From Around The World In ...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 11:41:13 -0400

i-am-a-fish:

tereozil:

Laugh From Around The World In Messages.

From fb.

gaygothur:You know those movies about those little nerd boys who get with really hot girls, and...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 10:57:36 -0400

gaygothur:

You know those movies about those little nerd boys who get with really hot girls, and those girls eventually learn to settle for a little nerd boy because he’s kinda nice sometimes? Propaganda.

cuteskitty: When your boyfriend gets split into many smol...

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 01:11:38 -0400

cuteskitty:

When your boyfriend gets split into many smol boyfriends and you have to keep a hold on them.
I doodled this some time ago and found it again, thought it was cute so here it is.
Ko-Fi / Twitter / Instagram
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Sun, 24 Jun 2018 01:09:56 -0400

paper-mario-wiki: this is really frickin neato

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 01:09:04 -0400

paper-mario-wiki:

this is really frickin neato

lilmo-on: Accidentally remembered this meme

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:09:14 -0400

lilmo-on:

Accidentally remembered this meme