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Interesting articles

Interesting article on Poland's president describing how Poland has more transparency than Germany: [1] --1990'sguy (talk) 21:39, 26 October 2018 (EDT)

Macron has suggested banning people convicted of "hate speech" from using social media for life: [2] --1990'sguy (talk) 15:14, 23 February 2019 (EST)
A potential example, but one that seems more self-serving than ideological -- Brazil's supreme court ordered the censorship of an article accusing the court's chief justice of corruption: [3] --1990'sguy (talk) 18:41, 18 April 2019 (EDT)
This is also an example of left-wing attitudes on feminism and political correctness, but the UK's regulatory agency for advertizements banned ads that promote what it calls "harmful" gender stereotypes: 1,2 --1990'sguy (talk) 23:32, 14 June 2019 (EDT)
This is also an example of the EU's increasing centralization and importance in the eyes of liberals, but a German state wants to ban the burning of the EU flag: [4] --1990'sguy (talk) 20:48, 22 June 2019 (EDT)
A French court has sentenced some anti-illegal immigration activists for "activities carried out under conditions likely to create confusion in the minds of the public with the performance of a public service": [5] This almost seems to give the impression that it's simply because of their activism, though I'm not sure enough to add it to the article. --1990'sguy (talk) 09:13, 8 September 2019 (EDT)
This group is somewhat akin to the Arizona Minuteman who patrolled the border. Their "crime" is something like impersonating a government official and/or intimidating criminals. RobSDe Plorabus Unum 12:19, 8 September 2019 (EDT)