Brian Molko criticised Giorgia Meloni during a concert at the Sonic Park festival

Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.

  • sirdorius@programming.devEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    It’s not defamation if it’s true. Getting punished for stating the obvious is the hallmark of a fascist state. It’s fishy that the original video from Repubblica has been removed.

    • AbsolutePain@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Per Wikipedia:

      Defamation, at a first approximation, is any form of communication that can injure a third party’s reputation.

      So it might be slander, dpending on Italy’s laws. :(

      • sirdorius@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        That might apply to the ‘piece of shit’ part, but the ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’ part are true, and not damaging her reputation, as her reputation with her voters is built upon these