These pics are a double whammy of being both cringey and sad!
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Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown has been the victim recently of some pretty brutal online harassment in the form of people attributing fake, incredibly offensive quotes to her under the moniker #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown. Unfortunately, she felt compelled to delete her Twitter account on Wednesday after the ordeal, so we've gotta give the disclaimer that Millie Bobby Brown didn't actually say any of this and that she's probably a lovely person.
For years memers have been focused on Star Wars' Order 66, but now they're more concerned about a real-life copyright law that is endangering their meme-ing freedom. Article 13 of the proposed EU copyright overhaul threatens many forms of user-generated content. The article is trying for much harsher regulation for copyrighted content - which will directly affect any memes that use stock photos or images from movies or television shows.
The threat is definitely being felt in Reddit's meme communities, especially the oft-offensive r/dankmemes subreddit. How do memers respond to threats on their livelihood? By making memes, of course. Here are some of our favorites - but there are sure to be many, many more in the days to come. As dedicated believers in our freedom to meme, we really hope this article doesn't become a reality.
