Danish Parliament Bans “Misinformation” About Coronavirus

By CHRISTOFFER  5 April 2020

The Danish parliament, last week, passed a law which makes it possible to shut down websites and to fine or imprison persons who publish information about the COVID-19 virus that doesn’t line-up with the government’s guidelines.

Those found to be spreading information about the COVID-19 virus online that’s deemed to be false by government authorities, and those who promote medications which claim to attenuate the virus but which aren’t classified as pharmaceuticals, will be subject a fine or imprisonment of up to eight months, Swedish news outlet News Voice reports.

The law states that the coronavirus guidelines put forward by specific authorities are not to be questioned. Those authorities are the National Board of Health, the Serum Institute, the Police, the Ministry of Health, and the Prime Minister.

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Per Braendgaard, an independent ‘health liberalist’, wrote on his blog that, due to the new law, he will withdraw from the debate because he doesn’t want to risk punishment for views that may or may not be approved by the State.

Braendgaard, who claims to have read the entire law, refers to it as the rape of the freedom of speech.

“Since you can now risk imprisonment for up to eight months for making a critical statement about COVID-19 (and about the authorities in general in connection with corona), I choose to withdraw from the public debate from now on,” Braendgaar wrote.

Braendgaard then concludes that freedom of speech surrounding coronavirus has been effectively removed.

Source: Voice of Europe