User blog comment:Gourd Roger/Article 13 of the EU/@comment-24850639-20180628214424

I'm admittedly not too well-versed on the issue, but it reminds me of a potential issue we were dealing with a while back called "Net Neutrality". If passed, it was going to allow companies that are Internet Service Providers in any kind of capacity to be able to block you from viewing internet content that is provided by a company it considers a rival. It's a lot more detailed than that, but that was the basic gist of it. When it comes to issues like this, angry consumers can create a ton of influence. The amount of people that would have rage-quit using certain services probably could have crippled a nice sector of the economy. I know the exact rules/principles don't apply here, but it's hard for me to imagine something that would universally anger so many people being able to see the light of day. Memes, bloggers, and streamers have in essence BEEN THE INTERNET for the past couple of years.