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by Clubber 480 days ago
One example is Germany will now arrest you for insulting someone in public or online, including insulting politicians. The UK has had some questionable laws passed as well. Pockets of Europe has much weaker free speech protections than the US does, that much is for certain.

60 Minutes did a recent segment on German speech laws.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bMzFDpfDwc