A journalist in Germany has been sentenced to seven months in prison on probation as well as a fine of almost sixty percent of his annual income. His crime? Posting a meme.
Yes really.
Worse still, it was a meme mocking the German government for eroding freedom of speech.
Die Welt reports that a district court in Bavaria handed the sentence to Deutschland-Kurier editor David Bendels for posting an image on social media of German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser holding a sign.
