European Union

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Video Games

Microsoft / Activision Blizzard Deal Approved By The EU

B. Simmons May 15, 2023

One down, two to go. The absolutely massive Activison Blizzard purchase by Microsoft cleared its first major hurdle. The EU has approved of the deal going forward. This comes a few weeks after the...

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Tech

EU Officially Passes Controversial Copyright Law

B. Simmons April 15, 2019

Things are about to get super screwy. You know that copyright bill the EU’s been trying to get afloat? Well, it just passed. A total of 19 EU council members passed the directive, including...

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Tech

EU Tells Internet Archive That Large Swathes Of The Site Are Terrorist Content

B. Simmons April 11, 2019

Technically, it was the French Internet Referral Unit, but fuck it. So, the EU’s planned new Terrorist Content Regulation is about as stupid as their planned copyright laws. How so? Well, among other things,...

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Tech

Controversial EU Copyright Directive Passes Final Vote

B. Simmons March 28, 2019

Things are about to get messy with the internet. You may or may not have been keeping up with the EU’s article 13 drama. But if you haven’t, now would be a good time...

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Tech

EU Votes On Copyright Law That Will Ruin The internet

B. Simmons June 22, 2018

All the bacon in the world, couldn’t save you now. The European Union just passed an initial vote in favor of the Copyright Directive. Thankfully, that doesn’t mean it’s gone through, yet; it still...