Because you can't escape the world that is informed by it's use of the internet by going offline.I question how this would actually play out but attitudes like this are weird to me. If you view the internet as such a bad thing and would actively champion it being destroyed, why are you even here in the first place? Why are you posting here and not out talking face to face with people in the town square?
I almost feel like this, then I remember that the British government is just as bad, porn ban anyone?
Non existent.
Just like the same kind of internet culture that we are posting as a part of right now?I'm fine with this, fuck internet "culture" which was created by the same monsters we are already fighting.
Just like the same kind of internet culture that we are posting as a part of right now?
Do we ban making cardboardb signs because the alt right uses signs?
Kojima was right.
The war on memes etc
MGS2 was way ahead of it's time
I think so, and they're about to change that...
Ok, so I'll stop with analogies. Why should we ban something that everyone uses/is a part of but a small group uses negatively?It's not even the same, get out of here with that whataboutism.
How would you even go about proving this?I'm fine with this, fuck internet "culture" which was created by the same monsters we are already fighting.
Some less click-baity sources:
- Electronic Freedom Frontier: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/...y-bad-news-everyone-even-especially-wikipedia
- Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1004726127452094465
- Mozilla/Firefox: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/09/11/copyright-vote-change-europes-internet/
I know that it sounds crazy, and probably in practice many of the really worst-case scenario elements will not occur. But fundamentally this law will have an absolutely terrible impact on the way thousands of sites and services operate. It completely skews the balance in the direction of a handful of giant media corporations. Everyone (academia, civil rights, start-ups, big tech, small players, etc.) other than the media industry think it's a dreadful proposal.
A google search and being around since 2004.
I dunno why shouldn't we give soapboxes to fascists?Ok, so I'll stop with analogies. Why should we ban something that everyone uses/is a part of but a small group uses negatively?
You can't just scream "whataboutism" and completely ignore the actual point of what I'm bringing up.
So much to cheer about this, considering that the UK has the most restrictive approach to internet, between the porn ban, the lack of understanding of what encryption is... but Brexit is better amirite.
So you know that the people making memes in 2004 are monsters in 2018? How?
By following lines of logic and the last decade of politics.So you know that the people making memes in 2004 are monsters in 2018? How?
That same "soapbox" is the one you're using right now to complain about them.A google search and being around since 2004.
I dunno why shouldn't we give soapboxes to fascists?
Easy, it empowers them.
So, just making shit up.
That same "soapbox" is the one you're using right now to complain about them.
You are part of the wide and all encompassing "internet culture" whether you like it or not. Taliban use it. Liberals use it. Corporations use it. Conservatives use it. Communists use it. Anarchists use it. Your friends and family use it.
They curated an entire culture that has gone on to greatly influence the youth, and carry on the torches of white supremacy and fascism, 4chans lead mascot is pedobear, a bear that goes around molesting children.So, just making shit up.
Good luck convincing people that they should stop posting funny images and videos online because, uh, guys in 2004 posted memes and now they're monsters.
So much to cheer about this, considering that the UK has the most restrictive approach to internet, between the porn ban, the lack of understanding of what encryption is... but Brexit is better amirite.
Umm if I'm reading this right this sounds like it could be fascistic in and of itself...A google search and being around since 2004.
I dunno why shouldn't we give soapboxes to fascists?
Easy, it empowers them.
This is why the idea of banning memes is idiotic as fuck.This is a fluff bill
How could you define what is a meme? Are viral daytime tv videos memes? What about when it's a corporate viral moment? Are those allowed?
Not every fucking site is Youtube, how could they even be aware of all the content they have coming in.
How the hell can you enforce this? You get tickets for uploading content with IP included?
Even if the shit passes, everything is still the same cuz they can't even get the shit off the ground
The topic title is really dragging the discussion down. It's about copyrighted material, not banning all memes. It's not specifically about memes at all.This is why the idea of banning memes is idiotic as fuck.
You posted a video and others liked it so it spread? Now it's a meme? Sorry, your video is now banned. You say 'on fleek' one day as a joke and others start saying it? Sorry, that's a meme and you're going off to the gulag if we catch you saying memes, dawg. You posted a picture and you put some text underneath it to express something? Uh, meme somehow so banned.
Shit makes no sense and it's downright scary that people think something like this is a good idea.
A google search and being around since 2004.
I dunno why shouldn't we give soapboxes to fascists?
Easy, it empowers them.
Should we ban the sale of milk because the alt-right also co-opted it?
This was already posted and mocked for being scaremongering. Funny how a simple title change can make half the posters suddenly believe it.
It's gonna be fun when 70% of the population gets incarcerated because of this.
Hrm.. seems to me like EU wants to go the way of China internet. Perhaps it's for the best. Let EU have their walled garden and the rest of us the free wild Internet.
For who? We sure as hell don't want this.Hrm.. seems to me like EU wants to go the way of China internet. Perhaps it's for the best. Let EU have their walled garden and the rest of us the free wild Internet.