from the this-witty-message-has-been-censored dept.
Back in May, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Julia Reda wrote a blog post warning of pending legislation promoting out-of-control censorship. Now she has noticed that out-of-control censorship machines removed her article warning of out-of-control censorship machines, thus proving her point about how these proposed laws would be misused.
A few days ago, about a dozen articles and campaign sites criticising EU plans for copyright censorship machines silently vanished from the world’s most popular search engine. Proving their point in the most blatant possible way, the sites were removed by exactly what they were warning of: Copyright censorship machines.
Among the websites that were made impossible to find: A blog post of mine in which I inform Europeans about where their governments stand on online censorship in the name of copyright and a campaign site warning of copyright law that favors corporations over free speech.
SN has had many articles on the topic, which unfortunately continues to press.
(Score: 5, Informative) by c0lo on Saturday August 18 2018, @01:39PM (7 children)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @02:50PM (2 children)
Is there a log for these removals?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @04:21PM
Probably not what you're looking for, but this is the log: 💩
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @06:46PM
Yes. Lumen, formerly known as Chilling Effects.
https://www.lumendatabase.org/ [lumendatabase.org]
https://www.lumendatabase.org/notices/search?term=juliareda.eu [lumendatabase.org]
https://www.lumendatabase.org/notices/16954705 [lumendatabase.org]
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Saturday August 18 2018, @05:13PM (3 children)
Just how is copy/pasting from TFA worth an "Interesting" mod?
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @06:39PM
Because we don't read TFA and the quotes are interesting.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @09:38PM
Copy/pasting from other posts usually gets me an "Informative" mod.
Now I wait ...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday August 19 2018, @12:50AM
IMHO, the quoted paras should have been included in TFS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @02:58PM
Searching "eu censorship" in DuckDuckGo lists Julia Reda's article seventh from the top.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Saturday August 18 2018, @06:42PM (8 children)
Yes, we know! Too many! I hope everyone realizes this is a far-right agitprop operation to normalize neo-Nazi and Footballer violence, under the guise of weaponized "Free Speech."
(Score: 4, Touché) by maxwell demon on Saturday August 18 2018, @08:01PM (1 child)
From the Wikipedia page about Julia Reda: [wikipedia.org]
Also an the Wikipedia page of the Pirate Party Germany, [wikipedia.org] in the box on the right, you'll find under "Ideology" besides others: "Social liberalism"
Are you arguing that social liberalism is far-right?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0, Redundant) by aristarchus on Saturday August 18 2018, @09:19PM
Not enough that a paper on censorship is censored, and then a censored Soylentil accuses the coverage of being censorious? We are through the looking-glass, oh Demon of Maxwell!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @09:23PM
Where's the -1 Clueless mod?
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday August 19 2018, @08:29AM (4 children)
Have you thought of taking your comedy routine on a stand-up tour? I'm sure the venues would be packed out...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by aristarchus on Sunday August 19 2018, @08:37AM (3 children)
No, but it is all your fault, janrinok! Give some thought to allowing some aristarchus submissions to get through, to balance out the far-right bias of chromas, cmn5342, and TMB, oh, and takyon, although he is not so bad. It may save the reputation that SoylentNews is getting as a hive of scum and alt-right villainy. But, ultimately, the choice is yours. I just keep looking at the comments counts, and wondering how much longer the whole dream that was SoylentNews can continue. You killed it, janrinok. You killed it by allowing the alt-/insane-/right to take over and dominate. But there is a possibility of redemption. #Freearistarchus!!! It is the only way to save yourself!
(Score: 2, Informative) by janrinok on Sunday August 19 2018, @09:41AM (2 children)
We do let some of your submissions through (approximately 25 to date) - but only when they contain new material that is worth discussing. Otherwise, all you are spouting is your own propaganda which you believe is a counter to the alt-right propaganda. We do not publish anyone's propaganda! We reject other submissions that try to do what you do. You are also confusing comments - where you and I (and anyone else) can say what they wish - with submissions. I've looked at the submissions from some of those that you have mentioned and none of them have submitted anything with an obvious political leaning. So you want to counter their comments with your submissions? - nope, that is not going to happen. If you cannot argue your case in the discussion that follows a posting, then it seems to me that your position and views are indefensible, or you are not as intelligent as you think you are.
The only place that the alt-right get to state their case is in the comments - and I've already covered that. Anyone can express their own opinion and the only moderation is that by fellow members of the community. What is driving people away is the lack of intelligent conversation which is being replaced with your 'Free Aristarchus' and rDT's alter-ego complaining and whining. What is killing this site is the inclusion of politics, arguing about which is about as useful as the supporters of 2 opposing football teams screaming at each other but not listening to what is actually being said. Try having an intelligent conversation for a change. You are no more a Greek philosopher than rDT is a President. You, and those like you, are what is spoiling this site in my honest opinion.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday August 20 2018, @07:05AM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday August 20 2018, @10:29AM
T'wern't me. I swear!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @09:55PM (1 child)
Her site isn't available because it is low quality drivel. When someone enters politics at a young age, their brain is bound to atrophy. Who wants to read the blog of a dumb cow? Maybe that's why Google removed it...
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @10:40PM
Alternatively, you are a shill.
(Score: 2) by quietus on Sunday August 19 2018, @05:13PM
Maybe I just live in an alternate reality, but as far as I can check, her censored articles are right there on google [google.com] (et al).
Maybe it's only the people outside of Brussels who aren't allowed to view this.