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1. miohtama · 1789889627 · focus · HN ↗

   Modern Spain is having patchy record with digital age. Earlier:

   1. Blocked Telegram with a court order, reinstituted after public backslash

   2. Blocks Internet and Cloudflare during La Liga matches

   3. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez from Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) has demanded the end of anonymity in Internet

   They say it is to protect the kids, but likely it is to find out who watches La Liga without a premium subscription.

   1. jimbob45 · 1789890473 · focus · HN ↗

      What happened to Spain? They didn’t get hit by WW2 and yet…are a distant sixth in economic size behind even Russia.

      1. RobotToaster · 1789898870 · focus · HN ↗

         You can still get arrested in spain for saying a joke about Luis Carrero Blanco being Spain's first astronaut.

         Luis Carrero Blanco, was the fascist dictator Francisco Franco's right hand man, his car war blown several stories into the air by ETA freedom fighters, hence the joke.

         1. FullMetalBitch · 1789903782 · focus · HN ↗

            Calling ETA freedom fighters in 2026, disgusting.

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;es.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Anexo:Asesinatos_cometidos_por_ETA_desde_la_muerte_de_Francisco_Franco" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;es.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Anexo:Asesinatos_cometidos_por...

            1. RobotToaster · 1789916762 · focus · HN ↗

               I was referring to the people who sent Blanco to space as freedom fighters. I don&#x27;t know what modern day ETA is up to.

               1. klrefg · 1789972433 · focus · HN ↗

                  Not much. Back then it constantly murdered civilians (of many magnitudes lesser importance than Blanco) and generally had no concerns about collateral damage. It continued this for years after Franco was gone..

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