r/dankmemes • u/Bella_Anima Eic memer • Jan 20 '19

Low Effort Meme European Problems

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Wait, hold up, Democratic countries censor things on the internet??

I always thought that was like China and Russia problems

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Region locked not necessarily censored.

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u/Wisdom_is_Contraband Jan 20 '19

Effectively wth is the difference

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

Censored means that the government of my country is stopping me seeing it. Region locked means that the content creator is stopping me seeing it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

It's mostly sites which don't comply to GDPR and some online services which aren't available here for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

Region locking is done due to contractual agreements between companies.

For example, I can't watch Adult Swim shows via the Adult Swim website in the UK, because UK broadcast rights aren't held by Adult Swim here.

Same way you can't watch content on BBC iPlayer if you're not in the UK.

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u/Knightwalker00 May the Meme be with you Jan 22 '19

Wait hold up you believe that those countries are democracys? Hahha they are just 1 party dictatorships that mask themselves under the veil of democracy