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That’s not true. You can say f* Trump or f* Biden all you want online or outside. That’s not the case in France for example. [Edit] Ref: https://news.yahoo.com

That’s not true. You can say f* Trump or f* Biden all you want online or outside. That’s not the case in France for example. [Edit] Ref: https://news.yahoo.com/french-woman-faces-trial-insulting-163820283.html https://news.yahoo.com/french-woman-faces-trial-insulting-16...

concordDance 4y ago
That's news to me. Got a citation or example?
peoplefromibiza 4y ago
not true since long time ago https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/25/insulting-french-president-criminal-offence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/25/insulting-fren... also: most EU countries have laws that protect public speech and especially people's representatives from being prosecuted for expressing their opinions.
gambiting 4y ago
How is that not true? Yes you can say fuck trump or fuck biden(why are you self censoring yourself on the internet btw), but you can't say "I have a gun and I'm going to shoot you" to a police officer - you will be arrested and put in prison even if you were "just saying things". Your freedom of speech isn't absolute. For other examples - several states made it illegal for journalists to report on violations on farms, to protect their own industries. >>That’s not the case in France for example. I'm pretty sure you can say fuck trump or fuck biden in France and nothing would happen to you, in public or otherwise. you picked a poor example though, insulting the French head of state hasn't been a crime for a decade now: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/25/insulting-french-president-criminal-offence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/25/insulting-fren...
- hartator 4y ago
  Well go on and insult an EU country leader here. :)
  - gambiting 4y ago
    Are you.....under the impression that French laws apply in all of EU or something?
    - hartator 3y ago
      It’s actually how the EU mostly work. Country members do still most of law and merge upstream. GDPR for example originated from the CNIL which is French. And contain things that restrict freedom of speech at an EU level. [1] [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-alphabet-privacy-idCNL5N26A4OG https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-alphabet-privacy-idCNL5N2...
      - gambiting 3y ago
        No it isn't. Not in the slightest sense, I have no idea where you're getting your info from, that's literally not how the EU lawmaking works.

concordDance 4y ago

That's news to me. Got a citation or example?

peoplefromibiza 4y ago

not true since long time ago https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/25/insulting-french-president-criminal-offence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/25/insulting-fren... also: most EU countries have laws that protect public speech and especially people's representatives from being prosecuted for expressing their opinions.

gambiting 4y ago

How is that not true? Yes you can say fuck trump or fuck biden(why are you self censoring yourself on the internet btw), but you can't say "I have a gun and I'm going to shoot you" to a police officer - you will be arrested and put in prison even if you were "just saying things". Your freedom of speech isn't absolute. For other examples - several states made it illegal for journalists to report on violations on farms, to protect their own industries. >>That’s not the case in France for example. I'm pretty sure you can say fuck trump or fuck biden in France and nothing would happen to you, in public or otherwise. you picked a poor example though, insulting the French head of state hasn't been a crime for a decade now: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/25/insulting-french-president-criminal-offence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/25/insulting-fren...

hartator 4y ago
Well go on and insult an EU country leader here. :)
- gambiting 4y ago
  Are you.....under the impression that French laws apply in all of EU or something?
  - hartator 3y ago
    It’s actually how the EU mostly work. Country members do still most of law and merge upstream. GDPR for example originated from the CNIL which is French. And contain things that restrict freedom of speech at an EU level. [1] [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-alphabet-privacy-idCNL5N26A4OG https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-alphabet-privacy-idCNL5N2...
    - gambiting 3y ago
      No it isn't. Not in the slightest sense, I have no idea where you're getting your info from, that's literally not how the EU lawmaking works.