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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by dependenttypes on Friday August 28, 2020 @02:51PM (#24308609)
> Countries in Europe have some pretty huge restictions on speech that go far behind things like making death threats and fraud illegal.

So does the US.

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by stale2002 on Friday August 28, 2020 @03:05PM (#24308757)
> So does the US

Not in comparison to the EU.

Most people can agree that restrictions on speech in the US are much less strict than those in the EU.

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by dependenttypes on Friday August 28, 2020 @06:38PM (#24311088)
Who are these "most people"? I am not aware of any such person myself.

Most (if not all) EU countries protect the freedom of speech in their constitution. In addition ECHR protects the freedom of speech as well.

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by stale2002 on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:22PM (#24311551)
> Most (if not all) EU countries protect the freedom of speech in their constitution.

Not particularly well, as it seems when compared to the US.

You can just look at some of the laws that they have regarding speech, on their books, to see how there are definitely more things that are restricted that you can say, in comparison to what it restricted in the US.

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