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📜 What is MEMEAct and why is it important? 🤔
Recently, the hashtag #MEMEAct has been appearing more frequently on the internet. People are posting memes 🐸, GIFs 🎞️, and even simple screenshots 🖼️, accompanying them with this mysterious tag. But what is actually behind this movement? Let's figure it out! 🔍
📚 The essence of MEMEAct
#MEMEAct# is an initiative aimed at protecting freedom of expression on the internet, especially in the form of MEME. 🎭 It emerged in response to legislative initiatives that could restrict the distribution of user-generated content due to copyright. ⚖️
A MEME is not just a joke. It is a means of communication, social criticism, and even a political statement. 🗣️
🧠 Why is this concerning the internet community?
💥 Imagine: you made a MEME with a background from a popular movie — and you got banned for copyright infringement. 😤
Here are a few reasons why #MEMEAct is causing a stir:
🚫 Laws such as Article 13 ( and now Article 17 of the EU ) may prohibit the automatic publication of MEMEs.
🤯 Platform algorithms may not distinguish parody from piracy.
💔 This could destroy the internet culture built on irony, freedom, and creativity.
📢 What does #MEMEAct# offer?
Activists, bloggers, and lawyers propose:
✅ Protect memes as a form of expression (Fair Use / Fair Dealing).
🤝 Create clear exceptions in the law for humor, criticism, and parody.
🧩 Develop transparent filtering algorithms that do not kill content.
🌍 Who already supports?
🎨 Artists and MEME makers around the world.
⚖️ Organizations advocating for digital rights: EFF, Article 19, and others.
🤖 Even AI developers who consider memes to be part of the cultural code of the internet.