Petition to \u201csave the internet\u201d backed by KSI & KEEMSTAR hits over 2 million signatures Popular YouTuber and white-collar boxer Olajide \u2018KSI\u2019 Olatunji is urging his fans to \u201csave the internet,\u201d as posted in a series of Tweets on November 20. KSI began his campaign by tweeting out the hashtag \u201c#Savetheinternet,\u201d followed by a longer explanation that included a link to a change.org petition, which aims to influence the European Union\u2019s upcoming Internet Copyright Directive. \u201cI very rarely get political, but this is extremely important,\u201d KSI wrote. \u201cOld heads back at it with the ignorance. Please sign this petition. #SavetheInternet\u201d I very rarely get political, but this is extremely important. Old heads back at it with the ignorance. Please sign this petition#SavetheInternet https:\/\/t.co\/FoFvWVOpRA \u2014 KSI (@KSIOlajidebt) November 20, 2018 The petition in question seeks to deal with Articles 11 and 13, specifically, which would introduce a \u201clink tax\u201d and an \u201cupload filter,\u201d respectively. In layman\u2019s terms, the link tax would allow publishers to ask for \u201cpaid licenses\u201d when websites share their stories. Additionally, the \u201cupload filter\u201d would hold platforms liable for copyright infringement, should they \u201cstore\u2026 large amounts of works and other subject-matter uploaded by their users.\u201d While the Directive seeks to update copyright law for the modern age, much controversy lies in its interpretation \u2013 especially concerning Articles 11 and 13. Many YouTubers have expressed concern around the Articles, which could require creators to acquire a license to use any copyrighted material in their content \u2013 or even prevent their uploads entirely. |\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3| | SAVE | | YOUR | | INTERNET | | \uff3f\uff3f\uff3f\uff3f\uff3f_ | (__\/) || (\u2022\u3145\u2022) || \/ \u3065#SaveYourInternet #savetheinternet\u2014 KEEM :popcorn: (@KEEMSTAR) November 20, 2018 KSI isn\u2019t the only major YouTuber advocating for awareness of the Directive, either; Drama Alert host Daniel \u2018KEEMSTAR\u2019 Keem has likewise shown support for the petition, Tweeting out a meme using the #Savetheinternet hashtag on November 20. The petition has over two million signatures as of November 21, and continues to climb in numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Petition to \u201csave the internet\u201d backed by KSI & KEEMSTAR hits over 2 million signatures Popular YouTuber and white-collar boxer Olajide \u2018KSI\u2019 Olatunji is urging his fans to \u201csave the internet,\u201d as posted in a series of Tweets on November 20. KSI began his campaign by tweeting out the hashtag \u201c#Savetheinternet,\u201d followed by a longer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}