There's also a petition on
Change.org here
<https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_signer_receipt&utm_campaign=triggered&j=354014&sfmc_sub=20958642&l=32_HTML&u=63092316&mid=7233052&jb=416568>
that
needs to double its number of signatures.
On 28 June 2018 at 14:11, John Lubbock <john.lubbock(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
As you probably know, the EU is considering changes to
copyright law which
could have serious negative effects on Wikipedia, as well as on the ability
to share article abstracts and memes. We encourage our community to take a
look at the following petition and consider adding your voice to calls to
MEPs to vote against this poorly considered law when it comes before the
European Parliament.
https://saveyourinternet.eu/
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