One of the more obnoxious elements of the EU politicians brushing off the concerns of the public concerning the EU Copyright Directive, is their repeated, insulting and incorrect, claim that there really isn‘t a public upswell against Articles 11 and 13 and that it‘s all just manufactured by Google and „bots“ and „astroturfing.“ We‘ve already pointed out that nearly 5 million people have signed the Change.org petition protesting Article 13 — making it the largest petition on that site ever.