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Hungary censorship of books

dimanche 15 août 2021 à 02:00

Hungary has legislated indirect censorship of books that deal with homosexuality or transgenderism, because they could be judged to "promote" them, and then many book stores will be forbidden to sell them.

UK libel law

dimanche 15 août 2021 à 02:00

UK libel law makes it too easy to intimidate journalists around the world into silence. Even a case that can't win is too expensive for any defendant to oppose.

Covid-19 infection measurements

dimanche 15 août 2021 à 02:00

The CDC has stopped collecting information about Covid-19 infections in vaccinated people. This means we can't measure that danger any more.

Mexico suing gun manufacturers

dimanche 15 août 2021 à 02:00

US guns, including powerful rifles that can fire very fast and penetrate bulletproof vests, are sold to civilians in the US. Smuggled into Mexico, they enable drug gangs to outshoot most cops. Mexico is suing the manufacturers.

It probably can't win such a lawsuit, but it would be good for the US as well to prohibit their sale to anyone but the military and SWAT teams. And even the latter should be carefully limited.

Powerful rifles sold in the US

dimanche 15 août 2021 à 02:00

Powerful rifles that can fire very fast, and penetrate bulletproof vests, are sold to civilians in the US. Smuggled into Mexico, they enable drug gangs to outshoot most cops.