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Woman fined €800 for FB photo of police wrong parking

Accepted submission by FakeBeldin at 2015-08-17 18:21:20
Digital Liberty

This story [metro.co.uk] is a new take on online liberties in Spain:

A woman in Spain has been fined €800 (£570) after she took a picture of a police car parked in a disabled bay. She fell victim to a controversial new gagging law in the the country that prohibits ‘the unauthorised use of images of police officers that might jeopardise their or their family’s safety or that of protected facilities or police operations.’

Spanish story (more elaborate) here [petreraldia.com]

I'd add a snarky comment here, but everything I came up with is just trolling.
Summing up my feelings: Spanish police: SRSLY, WTF?!


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