Greece’s approval of a new law aimed at tackling fake news could lead to the targeting of journalists, according to Human Rights Watch.
The Greek parliament approved a controversial justice ministry bill on November 11, introducing tougher penalties for serious crimes and the spreading of fake news by news organisations and on social media.
Greece has introduced tougher penalties for spreading of fake news by news organisations and on social media. “In Greece, you now risk jail for speaking out on important issues of public interest, if the government claims it’s false,”“The criminal sanctions risk making journalists and virtually anyone else afraid to report on or to debate important issues such as the handling of Covid-19 or migration or government economic policy,” she added.
The new law does not give a clear definition of what fake news is and it also does not introduce what standards should be used to determine if something is fake news.
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