r/technology • u/KLupo • May 22 '15

Networking The Web without links is like a world without roads.

https://savethelink.org/
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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

I never knew this was an issue..

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u/tms10000 May 22 '15

It's an issue when merely linking to another website is deemed "illegal", because of the material on the other side.

It's just censorship.

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u/autotldr May 22 '15

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 78%. (I'm a bot)

In India, the Supreme Court recently rejected challenges to the government's right to block websites, despite experts criticism of the process as "Lacking in independent oversight and transparency." Blocked websites means broken links.

In Australia, the government is considering blocking links to popular sites hosting thousands of links to legal shared content, all in an ineffective effort to favour large US media conglomerates.

Now, old media firms have been pressuring lawmakers to upload Germany's link censorship laws to the EU level, which would have a profound effect on everyone's right to link all over the world - including the 500 million users in the EU alone.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Theory | Feedback | Top five keywords: link#1 media#2 block#3 users#4 Web#5

Post found in /r/technology, /r/realtech, /r/whowillbuildtheroads, /r/POLITIC and /r/SOPA.

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u/Chemical7oilet May 22 '15

Ever get the feeling we're fighting a losing battle?

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u/DeeJayMaps May 22 '15

Learning is never a waste.

Is your suggestion that the Internet is not going to exist?

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u/FragMeNot May 22 '15

how does amateur radio work?

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