Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
by bennysonething on Saturday August 22, 2020 @07:21AM
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On the human rights front? Compared to most of the rest of the world they are extremely developed. At least free speech is protected which is more than can be said for most common of Europe now.
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Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
by Pyramus on Saturday August 22, 2020 @11:52AM
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You will be hard pressed to find an index that aims to measure Human Rights where the US scores better than the main European countries such as Germany, UK, France, Italy, Netherlands etc.
Press Freedom Index [1]: Nope Human Rights Scores & Human Rights Violations [2]: Nope and nope
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index [2] https://ourworldindata.org/human-rights
Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
by ric2b on Saturday August 22, 2020 @10:38AM
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Can you share some examples of large infringements on freedom of speech that happened in well developed European countries?
Given the examples of police brutality related to protests that I've seen in the US just this year I doubt you'll be able to provide any examples that are more worrying than that.
Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
by selectodude on Saturday August 22, 2020 @11:23AM
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The UK’s insane libel laws are a good example.
Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
by TeaDrunk on Sunday August 23, 2020 @12:07AM
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But overall UK probably still ranks as treating its basic citizens with better decency than the USA due to healthcare access among other things.
Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
by ric2b on Saturday August 22, 2020 @11:51AM
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Do you have any specific examples that show how insane they are? Because the US also has libel laws.
Re:Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus protests
by Robin_Message on Saturday August 22, 2020 @01:31PM
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Simon Singh was successfully sued by the British Chiropractic association for pointing out they are quacks. (Edit to add: I just checked and he appealed a point of law successfully and then they withdrew — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Chiropractic_Associati... — but as I understand it such a case would be laughed out of a US court.)
Although I'd agree with the general point that whilst America has good theoretically human rights, the EU is better at actual rights (and in particular, rights against corporations).