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New laws that threatened to tear the internet apart have been sent back to the drawing board in Europe

jimmy walesWikipedia founder campaigned against the EU proposals.Getty

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to reject sweeping reforms to copyright laws that threatened to tear the internet apart.

The proposals, which could have required the likes of Reddit to filter content and forced a so-called "link tax" on firms including Google, have been sent back to the drawing board.

At a European Parliament plenary session on Thursday morning, 627 MEPs voted against the changes, while 278 voted in favour. 

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