Once the rules go into effect, Internet platforms will have to be much more active in policing content posted by ordinary users. Internet freedom advocates, along with big tech companies, scrambled to fend it off. Although Tuesday’s changes are a wide-ranging overhaul of European copyright law — the first in two decades — two aspects received the most attention. Another element of the law, Article 13, makes Internet companies legally responsible for the content uploaded to their platforms. The companies say they will have to implement filters that inevitably will also snag legal content alongside copyright violations.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2019 15:59 UTC