A public prosecutor in Athens has pressed charges against 20 people spreading fake news about the Covid-19 pandemic on internet and social media as well as inciting others to disobedience regarding protection measures.
The Cuber-crime Division of the Greek police has submitted to the prosecutor two file cases on Friday, state news agency amna reported.
The first case involves 15 people who advocated against the wearing of masks including in schools. One group was urging parents to “protest against the use of masks.”
The second cases concerns a website called “Indigenous Greek Natives” that was investigated for spreading fake news and also urging people not to comply with the protection measures against the virus. A 67-year-old pensioner and another four people have been identified as administrators of the site.
Last week, a lawyer who was urging people including Covid-19 patients to resist to intubation and also to file lawsuits against doctors and public institutions was recently detained by authorities. He was quickly released due to his lawyer status. However, the man will reportedly be on trial at a date yet to be set by judicial authorities.
So a real democracy works by embracing the views of stupid people, and trusting the not so stupid people to spot the bullsh_t.
Once the clever people don’t trust the not so stupid people to think for them selves ,you have a autocratic state.
The right of stupid people to say stupid things must be sacrosanct in the common law of democracy.
@Plato
Your comment is only valid until the stupidity of the stupid people leads them to behave so stupidly as to make them a danger to themselves and the not so stupid people.
@ montie
And your opinion is at present fundamentaly the very essence of a properly functioning democracy ,without that opinion the world is a poorer place .
Why is it illegal to point out that masks do not prevent virus transmission? Since when is pointing out facts punishable by the law?
Your compliance will be forced. No need to think for yourselves we will do it for you because we now form and not inform. All carriers of this Omicron were fully vaxx’ed.
“all vaxxed”? the new fake narrative? fact is so far: the initial O-infected had recovered from Covid-infection.
Today I have learned, that you have a Cuber-crime Division a thinktank too and a Bioethical commitee. Your PM is doing a real good job wow…. We ll gona praise you in Germany Netherlands and Austria …