Major US Ally Rolls Out Law To Stifle Online Speech
Major US Ally Rolls Out Law To Stifle Online Speech Max Keating on July 7, 2022 A Japanese law that threatens citizens with prison time for online insults went into effect on Thursday. Japanese penal codes define insults as “publicly demeaning someone’s social standing without referring to specific facts about them or a specific action,” CNN reported. But it is not clear where that line stops; even calling the prime minister an “idiot” could be prohibited speech, Seiho Cho, a Japan-based criminal lawyer, told CNN. Those convicted under the law could be jailed for up to a year, The Verge