You've not made an honest negative Google Maps review in Europe yet. I've received a takedown notice with threat of Lawyers.

Also, the UK/French and possibly other governments want to be able to read private messages and have law-enforcement tools made for free for them.

Public Opinion is free to issue in the EU, but doesn't go unpunished. Here an example and long legal battle most of us can't afford this famous talk show moderator had to face due to "Insulting a Majesty", the turkish president.

Don't even think of encryption, governments will request you build in backdoors for them. Social Networking is strictly controlled and locked down in the EU, hard to develop and maintain a product that you as a founder can goto jail for, if your users insult a majesty in some country.

A law had to be "cancelled" to repeal the extradition of Jan Böhmermann into prison in Turkey.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6hmermann_affair

- https://www.bundestag.de/webarchiv/textarchiv/2017/kw22-de-m...

No DM, no need for encryption of messages. All conversation is public. Takedown notices will be from a real company or a real person to another real entity: if they're right, it has to be taken down. If not, not. I mean, the law would be pretty clear on that and if not, that would be a good time to set a precedence.

If Böhmermann wants to publish attacking satire, I guess it would stay up until courts decide otherwise.

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