EU Lawmakers Vote Against Fast Track for Digital Copyright Directive

European lawmakers have rejected the fast-tracking of a piece of legislation that critics say would significantly damage internet freedom. Parliamentarians in Strasbourg, France, cast their votes on the European Union’s new copyright directive that is an update to a 2001 directive on copyright, and is aimed at modernizing those rules for the digital age.

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