My BNN Blogpost on how libel laws in the Philippines is a world wide trend to stop internet freedom and freedom of speech, but it is not limited to here:
Instapundit reports
New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance. “The documents, handed over by the government only after months of litigation, are the attorney general’s 2010 and 2011 reports on the use of ‘pen register’ and “trap and trace” surveillance powers. The reports show a dramatic increase in the use of these surveillance tools, which are used to gather information about telephone, email, and other Internet communications.----------------------------
It's not just in the Philippines where libel and namecalling is illegal:
Dave Barry reports that you can be fined in Italy if you falsely claim someone has had a bilateral orchiectomy:
Italy's highest court has ruled that telling a man he has 'no balls' as an insult is a crime punishable with a fine.and watching a movie ridiculing a certain religious leader for having a 9 year old wife is also being blocked as hate speech in Brazil.
However, there is no information if singing this song is illegal...
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then we have this statue beloved of the Nazi party:
The Wacking Buddha from Outer Space...
well, actually it is made from meteorite iron, which is why it is in the news.
Two other famous meteorite iron artifacts: This black stone and Tut's knife.
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