Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Democràtic repository

Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by zozbot234 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @07:57AM (#21396685)

The takedown notice was sent directly by the Spanish paramilitary, but it's supposed to have a court order attached to it, and that would be issued by an independent judiciary. So you're half-right - a bit weird, overall.

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by iagovar on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:22AM (#21396876)

> Spanish paramilitary,

Guardia Civil is really a police force like the french Gendarmerie, seen it described as paramilitary is a bit odd, tbh.

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by AsyncAwait on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:43AM (#21397612)

Is this the same force active when people attempted to vote at polling stations?

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by iagovar on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:25AM (#21398078)

All forces were active during that time. National Police, Guardia Civil and Mossos D'Esquadra (Catalan police). Probably Guardia Urbana (Local Police) too, but I'm not sure.

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by snvzz on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @02:11PM (#21400707)

Yes. They weren't the only force active, but they were the one that made the news for outrageous misuse of violence.

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by cosarara on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:17AM (#21397989)

Yes, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Catalan_independence_re...

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by Leherenn on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @01:20PM (#21400131)

Well I don't know about Guardia Civil, but Gendarmerie is a branch of the army and distinctly not of the police.

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