now over the last few days tens of thousands of europeans have been protesting a proposed reform of copyright law in the european union they're worried about how the new rules will affect free speech on the internet today the european parliament is set to vote on that deal so let's take a look at what's at stake right now if a user uploads text video music or photos to a platform like you tube that person is responsible for respecting copyright restrictions the e.u. wants to reverse this principle the new legislation would make a platform operators liable for the content on their sites and they would face fines if laws are broken well the intent is to force sites like facebook and you tube to monitor what users publish but critics fear that websites will end up using automatic filters that also block material that's not restricted opponents of
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