[isodev]

It failed. The outcome was europeans see “yet another nonsense” coming from the US. Also, it barely made the news because of other nonsense coming from the US and generally that’s limited to “international news”.

Also, we don’t actually have censorship in Europe, not in the way the US is trying to suggest.

[drnick1]

Yet, your ISPs don't give you access to the full Internet. First it's porn (age verification), then it's soccer, then it's social media (ID verification), then it's libraries. Soon, you even stuff that you take for granted, such as playing an online game, may require age/ID verification. At this rate, all you will be able to access soon will be center-left Euro propaganda.

[GS523523]

Are you forgetting how the Americans blocked Stormfront and Silk Road? They don't have full access to the Internet either, they're just not so obviously totalitarian about it as the Europeans.

[hdgvhicv]

You talking about Texas right? Half the states in the us block and age gate those sites.

[wat10000]

Many parts of the US require age verification for porn as well.

[Hikikomori]

It's only UK that does that, and they're not in the EU. Many us states do the same, and the administration wants to ban porn completely and jail those who make it.

[isodev]

The ISPs do what our elected governments direct them to do. It’s how democracy works. If you don’t like what people are voting for, get into politics and talk to your community. Or at least email your MEP. There is no conspiracy here.

[0xDEAFBEAD]

"The situation for free speech in Europe is even worse than I thought"

https://eternallyradicalidea.com/p/the-situation-for-free-sp...

[goobatrooba]

I read through this drivel and it's nothing more than conjecture and anecdotes from someone who seems never to have been to Europe. Nearly every example of his critique is of the UK, not Europe as a whole, and each of them has plenty of counterexamples of the same thing happening in the US.

In short: nonsense. Completely made up narrative filled with quotes from same-belief people, claiming moral outrage about issues they either don't understand or wilfully misrepresent.

[ekianjo]

> Also, we don’t actually have censorship in Europe

Of course you do. If you think it does not exist the brainwashing has worked on you.

[bryanrasmussen]

There was a comma, after which it said "not in the way the US is trying to suggest." You evidently missed that part, or are you saying that it is in exactly the way the US is trying to suggest?

[laughing_man]

Do Europeans see "yet another nonsense" coming from the US or coming from the EU?

[verzali]

The US.

[rf15]

The US.