Zeether @Zeether@icosahedron.website

Woohoo! In a huge victory, the European Parliament has voted 318-278 against #Article13 and #Article11—the disastrous #CensorshipMachine and #LinkTax copyright proposals. That means we’re close to stopping these terrible proposals—and we’re gaining momentum.

https://mastodon.social/@rysiek/100315521600261922

Vote on EU copyright directive (including #Article13) is tomorrow! Please call your MEP today and tell them to vote against the changes.

@rysiek met MEPs in real life, here are tips:

-Calling MEPs is way more effective than e-mailing them.

-If you can, please *call* your MEPs. Find your MEP here: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/map.html

-If you'd rather e-mail, write 2-3 paragraphs in own words, from your e-mail address. Even if it's not as slick as the template, it will work way better!

#SaveYourInternet

it turns out medical questionnaires are more expensive than i remember and the course that implied they would be paying weekly in fact pay uhhh bi-monthly. i accounted for what i thought was a realistic worst case scenario of waiting another month before i got paid.
i have enough money to cover me for the next week or so and despite my protests apparently i need it to stretch to the second week of august so if you wanna help out or boost i would appreciate it.
https://www.paypal.me/MililaniVF

I'm in Strasbourg, lobbying hard. Updates soon, but was able to talk to Axel Voss, the main guy behind the current (bad) versions of #Art11 and #Art13. Doing my best to #SaveYourInternet.

Lessons from today:
- Pro-Art11/Art13 MEPs do not know how copyright law works (no surprises there, the copyright law is a mess!)
- Wikimedia Commons is a very good example of a service that could suffer very much.
- As during #ACTA, MEPs are not entirely against sitting down and discussing the issues.

via Discord -- for anyone in UK:

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Tomorrow, there’ll be a debate in UK Parliament on whether to ban online platforms used by sex workers, inspired by Trump’s FOSTA/SESTA legislation. While the tories leading the debate claim that it will combat trafficking, it definitely will harm sex workers, creating further risk.

You can use this online form to write to your MP, to ask them to speak up against such legislation.
Via our friends at SCOT-PEP.

https://scotpep.eaction.org.uk/postcode/

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https://mastodon.social/@rysiek/100310431392148084

On Thurs 5th July, the European Parliament votes on the new Copyright Directive, including #Article11 (the #SnippetTax) and #Article13 (the #CensorshipMachine).

Art13 would mean mandatory YouTube-style content filters on all websites.

Please contact your MEP *today* and tell them to vote against the new Copyright Directive.

Complete list of MEPs with contact details here:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/map.html

More details on the issues involved here:

https://saveyourinternet.eu/

#SaveYourInternet

Holy shit you guys in #OpenRCT2 you can build level crossings between trains and paths, and the peeps will just bunch up and then cross when the train is gone.

Please share! MPs in the UK are trying to pass a FOSTA/SESTA-like bill in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/30/ban-prostitution-websites-stamp-out-trafficking-sexual-exploitation

There's an emergency protest being organised on July 4th to protest against this: https://www.facebook.com/events/604646959904003/