EU removes 'offensive' blog post attacking internet campaigners against new copyright rules

The EU Commission has removed a strange and angry blog post that attacked internet campaigners, admitting its language was not appropriate and that it could be offensive. But campaigners against it say that it will fundamentally change how the internet works. Some suggest that it will "ban memes", by forcing websites to automatically check for the use of any media that is owned by somebody else, and that it could stop websites such as Google and YouTube from working. The blog post from the commission appeared aimed at taking on those criticisms. It referred to campaigners as a "mob" and suggested they were unwittingly working for websites like Google, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.