User blog comment:TOR/Join us in protecting the freedom of user-generated content/@comment-46662479-20200830181510

BUT WAIT!

If passed, the proposed new law appears to require FANDOM to verify every edit and upload, and remove any content that appears to be used without permission. They want to make FANDOM actively police all content added to our sites.

In other words: this law would require us to censor our communities.

We strongly believe this is not right. It goes against the open internet that we are all building together. It’s also not needed.

Our most active communities already carefully review their content, and are perhaps some of the more copyright-aware places on the web. Those places within FANDOM which are less frequented get screened by members of our tireless community volunteers. And if something slips through, a copyright owner can contact FANDOM directly – we review the content, and take action if needed. This process works.

In place of this tested process, Article 13 of the proposed European Copyright Directive seems to require that companies automatically verify the copyright status of all edits, posts, videos and images. This would be very costly, often unfair, and would restrict freedom of speech and access to information.