> Not even most of North America has first amendment protections, and Europe most certainly does not. Freedom of Expression and Assembly are Article 11 and 12

> Not even most of North America has first amendment protections, and Europe most certainly does not. Freedom of Expression and Assembly are Article 11 and 12 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, which has had legal force since 2009: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12... > look at Mega or The Pirate Bay for examples to the contrary. I personally don't consider those to be examples 1st Amendment violations. It's almost all people claiming an entitlement to free entertainment, nothing more. Copyright law may be broken in the digital age, and manipulated by private interests at the expense of the public domain, and deserve reform, or maybe even civil disobedience. But nothing about that situation prevents anyone from making and posting media critiquing the government, or of generating political support for reform, and running on a platform promising to enact that reform. That's what the 1st Amendment is designed to protect above all.