“Under the law, French authorities would be able to immediately halt the publication of information deemed to be false ahead of elections.”
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/frances-fake-news-law-leaves-media-experts-uneasy-145712000.html
“The EU is voting to introduce aggressive new online copyright laws and ‘widespread censorship’ measures, which critics say could strangle new media websites and stifle satire and online meme culture.”
“Even if Trump gets his wish, an import ban is highly unlikely to have the effect he’s looking for. Both BMW and Mercedes-Benz maintain large US manufacturing presences.”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/05/trump-wants-a-total-ban-on-german-luxury-car-imports/
“All are anxiously watching what might happen next. But the German credit unions won’t give up easily.”
Read more: https://global.handelsblatt.com/finance/small-german-banks-iran-deals-sanctions-924599
“There can be few more glaring examples of ‘fake news’ than the deliberate misreporting by a sovereign government of a prominent journalist’s death.”
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44307611
“The fact that this criminalizes speech against a public official is even more concerning.”
“The judge admitted that whether one is allowed to film certain court procedures comes down to where a comma is placed in the law.”
“Haverbeck has been prosecuted numerous times for her unorthodox beliefs, including that notorious concentration camp Auschwitz was a labor camp that had no gas chambers.”
Read more: https://www.rt.com/news/426064-haverbeck-nazi-grandma-prison-germany/
“A man in Sweden faces up to two years in prison over a Facebook post in which he said Somalis typically have low IQs, despite technically being correct.”
“Theresa May says new laws are needed to outlaw the online abuse and bullying of politicians and other public figures.”