Greek parliamentarians today voted to criminalize the spread of fake news about the coronavirus. The minimum sentence is three months. The reason for it will be false information disseminated “that can cause anxiety or fear among citizens or shake public confidence in the national economy, the country’s defense or public health.” The ruling New Democracy […]
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Vaccination certificates from … Bulgaria
Northern Greece has literally been inundated with fake vaccination certificates. The cost of the document is quite adequate – 300 euros. Is it easy to buy? Vaccination certificates originally from Bulgaria seem to be quite legal at first glance. It is quite easy to get them when visiting the Bulgarian capital in order to get […]
Greece: social media scanning and criminal liability
The Greek government is taking vaccine deniers and fake people seriously. Takis Theodoricakos, Minister of Civil Protection, ordered the scanning of social media. The authorities intend to quickly detect the disseminators of false information about the effectiveness of vaccines and their dangers. The tsunami of digital misinformation is growing and is turning into a slowly […]
For anti-vaccination appeals in Russia, they propose to go to jail
Calls to refuse vaccinations can end in frustration. For such acts, a member of the Public Chamber of the Leningrad Region, Vladimir Petrov, proposes to introduce criminal liability, reports RT. Petrov has already sent his proposal to the Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko. In the letter, he pointed out that “part of the society refuses […]