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Agreed, especially if they would think 10 minutes about the values they allegedly espouse. There will always be something offensive in a culture that is benign or even welcomed in another. Their model is some artifical neutral culture mirroring diplomatic or corporate cultures.

Europes legislators are prominently very old and their fears are projected on the net.

We had hate speech laws for more than 1.5 centuries and still 2 dictatorships in one century and people still believe the state should regulate content and this power won't be abused. I don't know anymore, hereditary brain damage probably. It fits the definition of insanity too.

I believe we need some form of fisher-price browser that keeps some groups demanding moderation in their own land and completely separate them from those that do not like it. Android- and iPhone-countries, slowly running out of ideas...



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