Europe includes lots of countries, so there is no one “law” just various ones sprinkled throughout. In Britain people are arrested “for sending messages that cause “annoyance”, “inconvenience” or “anxiety” to others via the internet, telephone or mail.” using section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988. That has a pretty chilling effect on speech. Convictions are more rare than arrests, but the constant threat of arrest is almost as bad as a conviction…
Europe includes lots of countries, so there is no one “law” just various ones sprinkled throughout. In Britain people are arrested “for sending messages that cause “annoyance”, “inconvenience” or “anxiety” to others via the internet, telephone or mail.” using section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988. That has a pretty chilling effect on speech. Convictions are more rare than arrests, but the constant threat of arrest is almost as bad as a conviction…