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originally posted by: bastion
Arresting her seems over the top but she has made a career out of spreading total bollocks on tiktok and GBNews.
rationalwiki.org...
suspicion of publishing written material to stir up racial hatred and false communications
The ECtHR has an extensive track record of examining lies and measuring legal interferences with falsities against fundamental rights. Through this case law, the Court has made important distinctions that can inform policy makers in this critical area. For example, it can be said with certainty that the innocent sharing of false information should not be met with criminal sanctions. Through its distinction between facts and value judgements, the Court has pointed out that opinions are less “susceptible of proof,” and must therefore be protected more robustly than false assertions of fact (Lingens vs Austria, 1986). This is relevant when assessing false information online in the current context. Misinformation, unlike disinformation, is shared without the person knowing that the information is false. Accordingly, people who mistakenly share this type of false information should not be sanctioned.