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Someone touched Parliament’s special mace, and British Twitter is losing it

sudshr47 December 10, 2018

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Forget surgery on a grape. After Prime Minister Theresa May postponed the parliamentary vote on her contentious Brexit deal, Labour representative Lloyd Russell-Moyle defiantly marched to the center of the room, picked up the mace — which looks like a large, fancy club — and attempted to leave with it. 

Fellow members of Parliament were horrified by the statement. The mace is a “symbol of royal authority” and without it, the House can’t meet or pass laws. 

Russell-Moyle was met with an angry uproar as fellow MPs shouted at him to “put it back.” He attempted to leave with the massive gold club, but was stopped at the door and asked to “withdraw from the chamber,” according to the Guardian. Read more…

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Wikimedia Foundation says proposed European copyright laws infringe on human rights

sudshr47 July 6, 2018

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On Thursday, the European Parliament rejected a controversial proposal to overhaul the European Union’s copyright laws that critics say would significantly damage internet freedom.

The legislation — dubbed the Copyright Directive — was rejected by a vote of 318-278. That means the proposed rules, which passed the European Parliament’s legal branch last month, will now be debated in September.

The proposal is an attempt to modernize copyright laws for the digital age, and its proponents — which include high-profile musicians like David Guetta and Paul McCartney — say it will protect artists from having their work stolen on the internet. But its opponents fear the bill will open the door for widespread censorship. Read more…

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