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originally posted by: SummerRain
originally posted by: Taggart
originally posted by: Grambler
a reply to: TheConstruKctionofLight
I mean yeah, they will jail people for reporting on child rape cases, then gag the media for reprting on that arrest
You mean they jail people for pleading guilty in a court of law.
How horrendous.
Would you rather that the person lie in a court of law, after having committed the crime of reporting on such crimes? Somethings are not crimes. But a court of law doesn't follow common law any more.
These cases seem to affect only one angle of those crimes too; those with middle eastern names. They get the hush hush.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
It's an interesting subject to contemplate. I've actually been waiting for something like this to happen for a long time. Seizing control of the internet for the purposes of taxation will not be an easy undertaking, and it will likely destroy the internet was we know it today in the process. It was only a matter of time really. The establishment elite politicians have been drooling over the internet for many, many, years...trying to figure out a way to get their money grubbing mitts into it.
The problem though with their diabolical plan is, the "Internet" is smarter than they are. Smarter almost in an AI way (even though no one was thinking AI when all the routing protocols were developed). So, one of the first things they'll have to do is cut all the regional links (which they can do), but the second they do this the value of the 'Internet' as an entity is severely diminished. Consequently, the basis for tax revenue is also severely diminished. And this has been the problem...until now.
The other way to go after the internet is what the EU approach is; threaten people based on something which can't move around (like routing tables can). Threaten them where they "live", and this is the EU approach.
originally posted by: toms54
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
It's an interesting subject to contemplate. I've actually been waiting for something like this to happen for a long time. Seizing control of the internet for the purposes of taxation will not be an easy undertaking, and it will likely destroy the internet was we know it today in the process. It was only a matter of time really. The establishment elite politicians have been drooling over the internet for many, many, years...trying to figure out a way to get their money grubbing mitts into it.
The problem though with their diabolical plan is, the "Internet" is smarter than they are. Smarter almost in an AI way (even though no one was thinking AI when all the routing protocols were developed). So, one of the first things they'll have to do is cut all the regional links (which they can do), but the second they do this the value of the 'Internet' as an entity is severely diminished. Consequently, the basis for tax revenue is also severely diminished. And this has been the problem...until now.
The other way to go after the internet is what the EU approach is; threaten people based on something which can't move around (like routing tables can). Threaten them where they "live", and this is the EU approach.
Maybe people felt the same way about radio when that first started. Now all of the radio and TV stations are absorbed into a few conglomerate Borg entities run by just a handful of people. As this progresses, expect every website to be required to purchase a broadcast license. The copyright licenses for content are exactly the same as the royalty system used throughout the music industry. It is inevitable. Resistance is futile.
originally posted by: BlueAjah
What is the name of this pending EU law?
Is there a link to some documentation other than the video in the OP?
I am interested in more information, but since Google is flooded with GDPR, I can't find anything about this other law.
originally posted by: Grambler
But hey, no worries. If the eu has their way in addition to UK courts issuing reporting bans, you will have to pay to view their government approved news on the net!
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