We have multiple legal restrictions on freedom of speech in countries in the European Union.

There are:

- Blasphemy laws.

- Laws against hate speech, even when it doesn't consists in real threats or incitement to violence.

- Laws against flag desecration.

- Laws against vilification or contempt towards certain entities or authorities.

The list goes on.

Obviously, specific laws will change by country.

Although we are better off than much of the world, there is still a lot to achieve when it comes to freedom of speech.

Do we have organizations which consistently and unapologetically stand and advocate for freedom of speech in Europe / the EU?

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No! Europe has no freedom of speech! We had right of privacy for private communication but this is long gone.

First of all, if it were true that Europe doesn't have freedom of speech, that would actually be a point in favor of my post, not against it.

The whole point of my post is that we have legal governmental censorship in the EU and we shouldn't, so we need advocacy to fight against it. If I were in favor of the status quo, I wouldn't have made this post.

Second, it's simply false as a matter of fact that we have no freedom of speech in the EU. We have more freedom than many, possibly most other countries in the world.

There is no country (that I'm aware of) with no governmental censorship that I disagree with. Not any country in the EU, not the US, not really any other country.

But in Western countries we do, for sure, have more freedom of speech than in dictatorships and in my own country, Italy, we do have a lot more freedom since the monster was hang upside down.

Finland is worse off, change my mind!

Worse off as opposed to what?

In any case, I can't confirm or deny, I don't know Finnish law.

than most countries regarding freedom of speech

"Most countries"? Hard to believe it. Maybe you mean most European countries?

now you are lying

it certainly can't be any better

So it's the best already now?