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Re:Apple’s U.S. iPhones Can All Be Made Outside of China If ... by Fjolsvith on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @12:14PM (#20156774)
> If you look at western Europe, free speech is restricted a little more

I wouldn't call that "free speech".

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Re:Apple’s U.S. iPhones Can All Be Made Outside of China If ... by Frondo on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @12:46PM (#20157108)
According to the Cato institute, the most free countries in the world are mostly in Western Europe:

> The jurisdictions that took the top 10 places, in order, were New Zealand, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark (tied in 6th place), Ireland and the United Kingdom (tied in 8th place), and Finland, Norway, and Taiwan (tied in 10th place). Selected countries rank as follows: Germany (13), the United States and Sweden (17), Republic of Korea (27), Japan (31), ...

So, yes, I would call what they have free speech, in any meaningful use of the word.

Source: https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index-new

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Re:Apple’s U.S. iPhones Can All Be Made Outside of China If ... by Fjolsvith on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @02:16PM (#20158031)
Hmph. Citing a libertarian organization founded by, of all people, Charles Koch and funded by the Koch brothers. [1]

1. https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cato_Institute

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