Our Right to comment on Eutube propaganda
We are concerned
- Recently the European Commission launched EUtube, EUtube is a Youtube channel for EU content
- In an unprecedented move the European Commission disabled EUtube user comments.
- European Union officials educate us why they need to listen to citizens. 'EU communication must be a two way street', says Commissioner Wallström. How does video propaganda improve our participation? How do disabled «user comments» improve EU listening?
- Youtube.com is no European company. It uses public content from the European Commission for free. However, European citizens may not download, use, or remix these videos without permission: Copyright infringement!
- The European Union cannot guarantee that Youtube respects European privacy and data protection standards.
- The EU Commission cooperates with commercial platforms from abroad such as Youtube but not Wikipedia and true European civil society groups. Why does the Commission discriminate non-commercial platforms?
We demand:
- Citizens and democratic institutions define EU policies. Commission officials are obliged to serve.
- Public EU content needs to be free, that is public domain or published under a license such as Creative Commons
- Public video content has to be released without copy protection, using open formats.
- Public video content has to be unbiased or multipartisan, informative and decent.
- EUtube comments censorship must stop.
I urge the European Commission to respect our Freedom of Speech on the Internet, to safeguard our Freedom of Expression, our Right to Comment, our Right to Voice Criticism of the European Commission and its unelected officials.
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