Spanish party wants to get rid of 'memes'

- The Spanish Popular Party (PP), the party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, wants to get rid of photo edits by politicians on the Internet, so called 'memes'.

The ruling party, according to Spanish media to put an end to 'the spread of images that detract from the honor of a person. 'The law that this so far arranged dates from 1982 and does therefore no longer meet the current reality, according to the party.

The humorous provided 'memes' are made by online creative and often massively shared through social media. In Spain, especially the PP subject of ridicule.

Opponents see the proposal as an attack on freedom of speech and talk of censorship by the government. They point out that the humorous referred photos also are a form of social criticism.

Sources within the party reporting the Telegraph that it is only an idea and that there is still no concrete proposal. It would only go memes that are offensive, accusing people of crimes or contain death threats.

So far the only result of the proposal appear more memes that Prime Minister Rajoy and other politicians are ridiculed. People on Twitter use the hashtag #SinMemesNoHayDemocracia (without memes no democracy).

The ruling party, according to Spanish media to put an end to 'the spread of images that detract from the honor of a person. 'The law that this so far arranged dates from 1982 and does therefore no longer meet the current reality, according to the party.

The humorous provided 'memes' are made by online creative and often massively shared through social media. In Spain, especially the PP subject of ridicule.

Opponents see the proposal as an attack on freedom of speech and talk of censorship by the government. They point out that the humorous referred photos also are a form of social criticism.

Sources within the party reporting the Telegraph that it is only an idea and that there is still no concrete proposal. It would only go memes that are offensive, accusing people of crimes or contain death threats.

So far the only result of the proposal appear more memes that Prime Minister Rajoy and other politicians are ridiculed. People on Twitter use the hashtag #SinMemesNoHayDemocracia (without memes no democracy).

Rajoy quiere que no haya más imágenes como esta, coartar nuestra libertad de expresión. #SinMemesNoHayDemocracia pic.twitter.com/3kQZlOGheu

— cagonros (@cagonros_) November 8, 2016