Extremist Speech Laws
Here's an old post from the blog archives of Geekery Today; it was written about 6 years ago, in 2018, on the World Wide Web.
Shared Article from https://www.bbc.co.uk/
The memes that might get you jailed in Russia
Why sharing a meme could get you put in prison for six years in Russia.
Olga Robinson @ bbc.co.uk
(The standard objections apply, of course, to the use of meme
to mean jokey image-text macro,
etc. etc.)
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So you’re saying that you think people should be jailed for using “meme” to mean “jokey image-text macro”? That’s pretty harsh. I’d think a mild electric shock would be sufficient penalty.