Google, Facebook and YouTube will be responsible for their users’ content.
By Michael Birnbaum Michael Birnbaum Brussels bureau chief covering Europe Email Bio Follow March 26 at 11:59 AM BRUSSELS — The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a sweeping set of changes to copyright laws that could force big tech companies to be legally responsible for the content that users upload on their websites.
Advocates and critics agreed that the changes could create a fundamental shift in the way the Internet operates, and both sides lobbied heavily ahead of the decision. Musicians, news publishers and other content creators fought for the new law. Internet freedom advocates, along with big tech companies, scrambled to fend it off.
Another element of the law, Article 13, makes Internet companies legally responsible for the content uploaded on their platforms. The companies say they will have to implement filters that inevitably will also snag legal content alongside copyright violations.
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