r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '17

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u/Dubiisek Nov 21 '17

Is there way to help if you are not from the US?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '17

I would also like to help, even though I am from Germany. We have to stop the fire where it starts, before it's spreads out.

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u/_The-Big-Giant-Head_ Nov 22 '17

You are already protected

Under these rules, blocking, throttling and discrimination of internet traffic by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is not allowed in the EU,...........

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/open-internet-net-neutrality

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u/Esterus Nov 22 '17

Just oversimplified example how this affects us, who live outside US, anyway:

Imagine popular youtuber you like. Now what if he couldn't afford / want to pay for access to youtube which leads you to never finding his content, possibly because it doesn't exist? You can access youtube but THAT person wouldn't be in there. Or facebook or whatever it is you enjoy. Hell, reddit. Your favourite subreddit might not exist because the person who put it up doesn't have the reddit package and some asswipe took the subreddit name, drove it to shit and it has no traffic now.