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Unlike in the United States, where freedom of expression is a fundamental right that supersedes other interests, Europe views an individual’s privacy and freedom of expression as almost equal rights.

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Governments are trying to wrestle, how do you censor without being so heavy-handed that you make people really, you know, can't live their lives.

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