Alexander Hohlfeld6246 criminal charges under Germany’s highly controversial offence of insulting politicians were filed in 2025 alone, an all-time high and a troubling signal for freedom of expression. https://www.stern.de/politik/politiker-beleidigungen--neuer-rekord-bei-anzeigen-gegen-buerger-37186144.html
Nemo_bis 🌈@alhohlfeld I'm old enough to remember when it was considered anachronistic and worrying that in Italy it is a crime to insult the head of state (art. 278 cp*), a lèse-majesté leftover from the time before the Republic.
https://www.senato.it/show-doc?id=919871&leg=17&tipodoc=DOSSIER&part=dossier_dossier1&rif=1
(*) «Chiunque offende l'onore o il prestigio del Presidente della Repubblica, è punito con la reclusione da uno a cinque anni»