EU Parliament betrayed by its negotiators

Just when you thought calling your MP would secure it, somewhere else in the EU complex it can still escalate..

“When the Parliament adopted amendment 138 on two occasions, it boldly stated that a free access to the Internet is an integral part of fundamental freedoms, and cannot be restricted without a judge’s prior decision. Mrs Trautmann and Mr Vidal-Quadras just helped the Council of the EU to restrict citizens’ freedoms at their will. This outrageous maneuver could open the door to ‘three strikes’ policies, discrimination of content and arbitrary filtering of the Net all over Europe.”, concludes Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder and spokesperson for La Quadrature.”

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