December 18, 2019 · Blogs | On the ground | Information democracy | Disinformation and electoral interference | Equal access to the internet | Freedom of expression online
Spain: New law threatens internet freedoms
On 5 November 2019, the Royal Decree-Law 14/2019 that had been adopted on 31 October was published in the Spanish Official State Gazette (BOE). This was just five days before the general elections that would take place on 10 November, under an undefined “exceptionality and urgency”, and justified by the “challenges posed by new technologies […]