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.
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
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
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?
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.
gamnoed556 on
Russia over Belarus is stupid. There are independent journalists in Russia still, in Belarus it’s laughable to even imagine that
Cute_Craft_7835 on
The Ukraine one is false, I’ve seen a lot of Ukrainian media report on the ongoing challenges with corruption
toroskaplani on
Türkiye is not Europe. We’ve long given up on that dream. Statistics also show this
franklollo on
Fake news. Russia has a lot of free speech (but only when talking shit to other European countries)
IgorBock on
Shout-out for Estonia, climbed up steadily and now a top dog!
geoponos on
Again this stupid arbitrary bullshit. The biggest part of the evaluation is from(hidden) journalists that are answering questions with how they feel.
In their world list this is even worse.
TeamLazerExplosion on
I’m curious what the criteria are for this – not curious enough to look it up mind you – because Ukraine not ranking lower is weird since they are in a war where the government could actively repress information to protect the country. Edit: I looked it up
Byron1248 on
“This score is calculated on the basis of two components:
a quantitative tally of abuses against media and journalists in connection with their work;
a qualitative analysis of the situation in each country or territory based on the responses of press freedom specialists (including journalists, researchers, academics and human rights defenders) to an RSF questionnaire available in 25 languages.”
Busy-Preference-4377 on
How the hell is Hungary is so high
djingo_dango on
Germany at 11 is generous.
MrCaptainMorgan on
Without wishing to pass judgment in any way, it should be noted that both Reporters Without Borders and the dedicated study were funded by the EU.
Youare-Beautiful3329 on
Interesting scale. Good is the top criteria and there are three levels of bad? And what does satisfactory mean? No one shot or imprisoned?
ethicacious on
Do we know how this is actually calculated?
Vykemopi on
The recent scandals in lithuania are really helping this ranking
Paulson88 on
Yeah, Russia has very serious freedom of speech!
Hot-Measurement5070 on
Romania:Press lobbying
Realitatea TV- pro AUR (anti USR,PNL),mild with PSD,hates the president,which won against the AUR nominee in the second round
Romania TV-pro PSD(especially old school PSD,since their boss friend is an ex PSD prime minister,Ponta),plus kissing the president Arse (anti USR),and anti AUR,they have the same target viewership (since only retards vote AUR or PSD)
Antena 3-Pro PUSL (very little party,they have ties with party members),but they have high viewership and everybody pays them,so it depends on the last check,and a little bit of ass kissing for the president
B1-mostly pro USR and PNL but they criticize both too,not as harshly maybe (anti PSD and AUR),generally positive but can be critical of the president
Digi24-the most impartial one,but sympathise with USR and PNL (anti PSD and AUR),generally positive for the president
AUR-far right populist
USR,PNL(mostly corrupt),PUSL-centre right
PSD-centre left populist (corrupt)
Nicusor Dan,president,founder and ex member of USR,now independent
Kleekl on
The fuck italy
Perfect-Boar on
These colors are idiotic and Russia is not Europe, but ok
majorannah on
How are EU countries like Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus doing worse than Hungary?
jatawis on
With current government we are going to fall deep.
pip25hu on
Why is Greece so low? The other low rankers don’t exactly surprise me, but that feels unexpected. (Granted, I don’t live anywhere near Greece.)
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gingerisla on
Greece is shockingly low considering it’s supposed to be a European democracy.
YaAbsolyutnoNikto on
I always hate these types of rankings.
What does it mean for Norway to be number 1 and estonia number 2 if the difference amounts to, say, 0.02%?
It should be points based (probably is tbf) and that is what should be shared, not this.
octopus_suitcase on
UK is way too high.
_Zaqaru on
You clearly haven’t met Mona Keijzer!
setiix on
France and germany should be way lower than that.
Puzzleheaded-Ad-9595 on
Well this sub is very good on freedom of speech..say something true but if it contradicts the EU vision you get shadow banned 🙌topics like digital id, voluntary conscription seem very sensible topics here
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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.
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
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
Wow we’re really low 💀. At least we know what interests each media represents and filter any information accordingly
How is this calculated?
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.
Russia over Belarus is stupid. There are independent journalists in Russia still, in Belarus it’s laughable to even imagine that
The Ukraine one is false, I’ve seen a lot of Ukrainian media report on the ongoing challenges with corruption
Türkiye is not Europe. We’ve long given up on that dream. Statistics also show this
Fake news. Russia has a lot of free speech (but only when talking shit to other European countries)
Shout-out for Estonia, climbed up steadily and now a top dog!
Again this stupid arbitrary bullshit. The biggest part of the evaluation is from(hidden) journalists that are answering questions with how they feel.
In their world list this is even worse.
I’m curious what the criteria are for this – not curious enough to look it up mind you – because Ukraine not ranking lower is weird since they are in a war where the government could actively repress information to protect the country. Edit: I looked it up
“This score is calculated on the basis of two components:
a quantitative tally of abuses against media and journalists in connection with their work;
a qualitative analysis of the situation in each country or territory based on the responses of press freedom specialists (including journalists, researchers, academics and human rights defenders) to an RSF questionnaire available in 25 languages.”
How the hell is Hungary is so high
Germany at 11 is generous.
Without wishing to pass judgment in any way, it should be noted that both Reporters Without Borders and the dedicated study were funded by the EU.
Interesting scale. Good is the top criteria and there are three levels of bad? And what does satisfactory mean? No one shot or imprisoned?
Do we know how this is actually calculated?
The recent scandals in lithuania are really helping this ranking
Yeah, Russia has very serious freedom of speech!
Romania:Press lobbying
Realitatea TV- pro AUR (anti USR,PNL),mild with PSD,hates the president,which won against the AUR nominee in the second round
Romania TV-pro PSD(especially old school PSD,since their boss friend is an ex PSD prime minister,Ponta),plus kissing the president Arse (anti USR),and anti AUR,they have the same target viewership (since only retards vote AUR or PSD)
Antena 3-Pro PUSL (very little party,they have ties with party members),but they have high viewership and everybody pays them,so it depends on the last check,and a little bit of ass kissing for the president
B1-mostly pro USR and PNL but they criticize both too,not as harshly maybe (anti PSD and AUR),generally positive but can be critical of the president
Digi24-the most impartial one,but sympathise with USR and PNL (anti PSD and AUR),generally positive for the president
AUR-far right populist
USR,PNL(mostly corrupt),PUSL-centre right
PSD-centre left populist (corrupt)
Nicusor Dan,president,founder and ex member of USR,now independent
The fuck italy
These colors are idiotic and Russia is not Europe, but ok
How are EU countries like Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus doing worse than Hungary?
With current government we are going to fall deep.
Why is Greece so low? The other low rankers don’t exactly surprise me, but that feels unexpected. (Granted, I don’t live anywhere near Greece.)
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Greece is shockingly low considering it’s supposed to be a European democracy.
I always hate these types of rankings.
What does it mean for Norway to be number 1 and estonia number 2 if the difference amounts to, say, 0.02%?
It should be points based (probably is tbf) and that is what should be shared, not this.
UK is way too high.
You clearly haven’t met Mona Keijzer!
France and germany should be way lower than that.
Well this sub is very good on freedom of speech..say something true but if it contradicts the EU vision you get shadow banned 🙌topics like digital id, voluntary conscription seem very sensible topics here