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Re:German Data Privacy Commissioner Says Article 13 Inevitab... by L_226 on Monday March 04, 2019 @07:03AM (#19300601)
To implement an internet 'firewall' in the EU first they will first have to come up with a less contentious term than firewall. Too many negative connotations re. China and authoritarianism. Even non-tech people in the EU would get riled up about any EU firewall.
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Re:German Data Privacy Commissioner Says Article 13 Inevitab... by Mirioron on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:28AM (#19301470)
EU politicians are experts at rebranding stuff like this. Just look at the article 13 discussion. They started out with upload filters, but when people criticized that they changed the wording so that it doesn't say upload filters, but it will still bring upload filters. Or look at Macron. He's railing against nationalism while instituting national service for 16 year olds "so they can learn to be more involved in society" and mandates French flags in classrooms.

EU politicians love rewording things and pretending that they're different.

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