German Data Privacy Commissioner Says Article 13 Inevitably Leads to Filters

In a new official statement on the Directive (English translation), Kelber warns that Article 13 will inevitably lead to the use of automated filters, because there is no imaginable way for the organisations that run online services to examine everything their users post and determine whether each message, photo, video, or audio clip is a copyright violation. Another possible source of filtering services is companies that sell copyright enforcement tools like Audible Magic (supplier to Big Tech giants like Facebook), who have spent lavishly to lobby in favour of filters (along with their competitors). These European services will then have to channel much of their revenues to the big US tech companies or specialist filter vendors.

Source: www.eff.org