{"id":257147,"date":"2018-07-12T05:41:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T03:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/&amp;&amp;preview_id=257147"},"modified":"2018-07-12T05:41:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T03:41:58","slug":"where-expressing-your-political-views-can-get-you-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/where-expressing-your-political-views-can-get-you-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Where expressing your political views can land you in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, social media and messaging apps have become very popular as safe havens for people who want to express their views without fear of outside interference. The Arab Spring was a clear example of this, but in many countries with authoritarian regimes, people still have concerns about openly expressing their political views online.<br \/>\nAccording to the latest edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalnewsreport.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters Digital News Report<\/a> 65 percent of people in Turkey fear that expressing their political views could bring them into conflict with the country's authorities. Turkey experienced a failed coup two years ago, in which opponents of President Erdo\u011fan<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/5333\/the-targets-of-erdogans-purge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> imprisoned and the<\/a>Freedom of the press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/3310\/china-incarcerates-more-journalists-than-anywhere-else\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was severely restricted.<\/a><br \/>\nIn Malaysia too, concern is high, as new laws there could lead to anyone peddling fake news being imprisoned for up to six years. Even though these concerns are far lower in the United States, almost a quarter of respondents said they feared political expression could lead to problems with the authorities.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Infographic: Where Expressing Your Political Views Can Get You Jailed | Statista\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/14264\/where-expressing-your-political-views-can-get-you-jailed\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Erdo\u011fan\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto !important; max-width: 960px; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" src=\"https:\/\/infographic.statista.com\/normal\/chartoftheday_14264_where_expressing_your_political_views_can_get_you_jailed_n.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic: Where Expressing Your Political Views Can Get You Jailed | Statista\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a> Further infographics can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chartoftheday\/\">Statista<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In den letzten Jahren sind soziale Medien und Messaging-Apps als sichere H\u00e4fen f\u00fcr Menschen, die ihre Ansichten ohne Angst vor Einmischung von au\u00dfen \u00e4u\u00dfern wollen, sehr beliebt geworden. Der Arabische Fr\u00fchling war ein offensichtliches Beispiel daf\u00fcr, aber in vielen L\u00e4ndern mit autorit\u00e4ren Regimen haben die Menschen immer noch Bedenken, ihre politischen Ansichten online offen zu &#8230; <a title=\"Where expressing your political views can land you in prison\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/where-expressing-your-political-views-can-get-you-jailed\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wo die \u00c4u\u00dferung Ihrer politischen Ansichten Sie ins Gef\u00e4ngnis bringen kann\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unsortiert","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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