The European Union decided to force Facebook to share profit with the authors

The European Parliament decided to change the legislation of the copyright on the Internet, forcing Google, Facebook and other Internet companies to increase deductions in favor of the European media industry. The corresponding initiative was supported by 438 legislators. 226 votes were presented against 39 abstains. Now the European Commission and 28 EU participating countries will begin to coordinate the positions for developing and making relevant legislative changes.

In early July, the European Parliament rejected a similar initiative, which suggested that sites, in particular, should pay publishers and ordinary users with a link to their content. Now approved-more “soft”-the approach suggests that online platforms will have to be paid to publishers, broadcasters and artists a fair share of profit, and will also bear responsibility in case of appropriate violations.

Such online platforms as YouTube, GitHub and Instagram will probably have to install filters that will prohibit users to load the materials protected by the copyright.

Previously, such a concept caused criticism on the Internet. Then, in protest against the possible EU directive, Italian, Spanish, Latvian, Polish and Estonian versions of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia suspended work. Wikipedia said that the EU decision will seriously limit the existing freedom and access to the network.