Germany:
“**Section 188 of the Criminal Code protects politicians from such infringements on their reputation, with violations punishable by a fine or up to five years in prison.”**
**”**Section 188 was expanded in 2021 to include “insults” alongside defamation and slander when directed at “persons in political life” in a way that could substantially impair their public activities.”
FingalForever on
The trouble with these rankings is that they create the impression of trouble where there isn’t.
No serious person should think that press freedom in Ireland is somehow much-much better than press freedom in France.
DarkZephyro on
its always so funny seeing Italy so low down on these lists. god, these people have no clue lmaoo. One of the most popular news broadcasts is legit a caster rage-baiting people in government by surprising them on the street. “problematic” my ass.
reminder that in the UK you can go to jail for Facebook comments and yet it is higher on the list. 😂😂
Sium4443 on
UK: has a centre-left government, arrests you for tweets and even retweets: 20th
Italy: has a right wing government that opposes chat control: 49th
ex_user on
Romania has plenty of problems but press freedom isn’t one of them
Front-Anteater3776 on
Sweden beat Denmark… who paid for this? Sweden?
Repulsive_Work_226 on
Türkiye Russia Belarus. The real European countries.
New-Satisfaction013 on
Hungary rather 150th. Utter crap and brainwashing
Mediocre-Answer-1378 on
But Putin and Trump say there is no free press and freedom of expression in Europe!
/s
IWillDevourYourToes on
Watch Czechia drop behind Croatia next year
Odd_Adagio_6286 on
As a person of Turkish background I am very glad to see other outraged reactions in the comments section
My country of origin does have an issue with censorship but to rank it anywhere near Russia is a fucking joke. Westerners will do that about any country that doesn’t kiss their ass omfg
Rough_Typical on
Wow we’re really low 💀. At least we know what interests each media represents and filter any information accordingly
OhHiMarkos on
How is this calculated?
Robbytje on
The press in the Netherlands was very certainly not free in the early months to a year of the genocide in Palestine.
Raffiaxper on
Armenia is 34th, not in the list, but still impressive, if you look at the neighborhood, i think there is still room for improvement.
It’s divers, but very polarized and the financial sources sometimes shady.
oatmealer27 on
How to interpret the numbers?
Stennan on
Go figure the last 3, those leaderships the world could very much do without.
OwnEmergency3285 on
Greece 89%, almost perfect score 🔥🔥🔥
gamnoed556 on
Russia over Belarus is stupid. There are independent journalists in Russia still, in Belarus it’s laughable to even imagine that
DrPinguin98 on
As a German, I don’t understand why we are in 11th place.
You can say and write whatever you want here, even fake news is no problem, as long as you don’t insult, discredit, or defame anyone, and even then, the threshold is really high.
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Germany:
“**Section 188 of the Criminal Code protects politicians from such infringements on their reputation, with violations punishable by a fine or up to five years in prison.”**
**”**Section 188 was expanded in 2021 to include “insults” alongside defamation and slander when directed at “persons in political life” in a way that could substantially impair their public activities.”
The trouble with these rankings is that they create the impression of trouble where there isn’t.
No serious person should think that press freedom in Ireland is somehow much-much better than press freedom in France.
its always so funny seeing Italy so low down on these lists. god, these people have no clue lmaoo. One of the most popular news broadcasts is legit a caster rage-baiting people in government by surprising them on the street. “problematic” my ass.
reminder that in the UK you can go to jail for Facebook comments and yet it is higher on the list. 😂😂
UK: has a centre-left government, arrests you for tweets and even retweets: 20th
Italy: has a right wing government that opposes chat control: 49th
Romania has plenty of problems but press freedom isn’t one of them
Sweden beat Denmark… who paid for this? Sweden?
Türkiye Russia Belarus. The real European countries.
Hungary rather 150th. Utter crap and brainwashing
But Putin and Trump say there is no free press and freedom of expression in Europe!
/s
Watch Czechia drop behind Croatia next year
As a person of Turkish background I am very glad to see other outraged reactions in the comments section
My country of origin does have an issue with censorship but to rank it anywhere near Russia is a fucking joke. Westerners will do that about any country that doesn’t kiss their ass omfg
Wow we’re really low 💀. At least we know what interests each media represents and filter any information accordingly
How is this calculated?
The press in the Netherlands was very certainly not free in the early months to a year of the genocide in Palestine.
Armenia is 34th, not in the list, but still impressive, if you look at the neighborhood, i think there is still room for improvement.
It’s divers, but very polarized and the financial sources sometimes shady.
How to interpret the numbers?
Go figure the last 3, those leaderships the world could very much do without.
Greece 89%, almost perfect score 🔥🔥🔥
Russia over Belarus is stupid. There are independent journalists in Russia still, in Belarus it’s laughable to even imagine that
As a German, I don’t understand why we are in 11th place.
You can say and write whatever you want here, even fake news is no problem, as long as you don’t insult, discredit, or defame anyone, and even then, the threshold is really high.