STRASBOURG — Last week the European Union got one step closer to neutering the Internet.<br /><br />Article 13 is designed to prevent copyright infringement via automated systems and filters. Critics say it's censorship by other means and that it'll end free speech as we know it.<br /><br />It's being pushed by German EU lawmaker Axel Voss. The man's official Twitter account has featured some parody in the past.<br /><br />A series of tweets labelled, "Turn of the eras in the digital age," from May 2015 show three satirical images lamenting the Internet. <br /><br />In July, BuzzFeed Germany discovered a slew of copyrighted images on his Facebook and Twitter pages. Apparently, the Facebook images were deleted after the website reached out to him for comment. <br /><br />According to a Google translation of the article, Voss or his staff didn't really tell the site if he had the right to use them.<br /><br />We've reached out to Mr Voss with some questions. <br /><br />https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/601461106742140928<br />https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/605037432833208320<br />https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/602773447207481344<br />https://twitter.com/AxelVossMdEP/status/861669466161258496
