EU Pressing for tighter press regulation

[pudly]

Sigh... Unfortunately, not a big shock if you've been paying attention to what is going on in Europe. The unelected EU now has a "high level" recommendation from their own commission to create new controls over journalists. They've never had a first amendment, so it is that much harder to press back against such power grabs.

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Douglas Carswell, the Conservative MP for Clacton (UK):

This is the sort of mind-set that I would expect to find in Iran, not the West. This kooky idea tells us little about the future of press regulation. It does suggest that the European project is ultimately incompatible with the notion of a free society.