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Re:A court ruling in Austria could censor the internet world... by bxk1 on Saturday November 14, 2020 @11:19AM (#25093217)
These things could easily end up in ECHR, because a "fascist", just like an "idiot", could be considered an opinion, judgement, not a fact and so it cannot be false, unless it means something very specific in Austria.
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Re:A court ruling in Austria could censor the internet world... by alpaca128 on Saturday November 14, 2020 @11:29AM (#25093276)
It doesn't mean anything else in Austria, but do keep in mind Austria as well as Germany is still sensitive about such topics due to their past, which is also why denying the holocaust or doing the Hitler salute is illegal.

Which doesn't mean there aren't some stupid, backwards laws that have no place in today's society, like for example the blasphemy law which weirdly still exists. There will always be room for improvement and it's never wrong to question established rules.

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