Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibrant free web’
What&#x27;s with all the comments supporting censorship all of sudden? Every social media site now has hordes of &quot;people&quot; defending censorship. Is it just more european users on social media now? Or is it just government funded trolling? I just don&#x27;t get it.<p>Saudi arabia just declared online satire as a cybercrime punishable up to 5 years in prison.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.france24.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;20180904-saudi-arabia-declares-online-satire-punishable-offence" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.france24.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;20180904-saudi-arabia-declares-o...</a><p>We know how much china and russia loves censorship. And of course europe has a long tradition of censorship.<p>As americans, we had long hoped that the world would join us and embrace freedom, but it looks more and more like we are forced to join them.<p>I&#x27;d rather keep our freedom and separate the internet into &quot;intranets&quot;. There is no european or saudi or chinese or russian websites or tech I need. Let the world have their backwards censorship and lets hold onto our freedom.<p>If we have to cater to everyone&#x27;s sensitivities, than that is a race to the lowest common denominator. That means we have no freedom at all.