A glimpse of the European Commission's plans for ham-fisted, indiscriminate mass online censorship
by Cory Doctorow from on (#33GSE)
The European Commission has a well-deserved reputation for bizarre, destructive, ill-informed copyright plans for the internet, and the latest one is no exception: mandatory copyright filters for any site that allows the public to post material, which will algorithmically determine which words, pictures and videos are lawful to post, untouched by human hands. (more")