EU draft: In the future, the filter should only allow people with a computer driver's license to access the Internet

To Article 13 or Article 17 and the associated upload filters, the EU has now planned the next filter. In future, this will only allow computer-savvy users onto the Internet. Providers now fear a drop in users of up to 30 percent.

The love of filters in the EU Parliament just doesn't stop there. Computer expert Axel Voss presented a new draft to the EU Parliament today. So, together with Article 13, one would also like to introduce a person filter on the Internet. In the future, web browsers should only allow users with a computer driver's license to access the Internet.

Internet user decline of up to 30 percent expected

Some German Internet operators and providers in Austria now fear a drop in users of up to 30 percent. The reason: many Internet users do not have a computer license. This would mean that it would no longer be worthwhile for hundreds of thousands of users to have their own Internet connection. As with Article 13, the companies behind the Internet browsers would be liable if an unwitting user were allowed onto the Internet, as in the draft published today. here is to be read.

Politicians complain about the Internetprotrouble in Parliament

In the EU Parliament, this filter has already been turned off in cooperation with Mozilla, the developers behind Firefoxprobeers. This test run should show that this would be very easy to implement. However, there was an incident in which three quarters of the politicians present were no longer able to access the Internet. According to statements by a parliamentary spokesman, there was an error in the network, which meant that the Internet could not be accessed. According to current statements, however, experts are assuming that the politicians concerned would probably not themselves be entitled to steer a computer.

The problem would be solved by a corresponding computer license. For this reason, this will be compulsory for all EU citizens from 2021. If you do not have one, you will no longer be able to register an Internet connection in the future. The politicians concerned can get one, provided that the Internet is not really a problem.proproblem lay.