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Re:A German court forced the removal of a Wikipedia article’... by vonmoltke on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:17PM (#19640671)
They are not exempt in the sense that the EU (or individual member states) will start blocking the Internet Archive if they don't comply.
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Re:A German court forced the removal of a Wikipedia article’... by Wowfunhappy on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:48PM (#19640860)
Is there any precedent for EU countries blocking websites due to libel claims? I don't think what you're describing has ever happened.
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Re:A German court forced the removal of a Wikipedia article’... by tropo on Friday April 12, 2019 @04:55PM (#19648886)
Cool. Let the EU have their own little mini-Internet in complete denial of the existence of wrongthink.
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