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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by V__ on Monday April 25, 2022 @03:31PM (#31159507)
> The US definition is pretty narrow and immediate.

Except for exceptions, such like making some kind of threat against the president.

> will gladly jail people for saying things the government doesn't like but otherwise harmless or victim less.

Can you show me such examples for lets say Germany?

Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by sebzim4500 on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:42PM (#31160331)
I'm not the guy you replied to but this springs to mind.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/15/angela-merkel-...

Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by hef19898 on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:47PM (#31160388)
Charges were dropped and the law was changed. The case was handled really bad so by Merkel.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by V__ on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:59PM (#31160513)
Also, the law was kind of an old remnant, so most legal scholars were sure the law would have been declared unconstitutional if challenged.