2024-03-12 13:43:02
Dries van Langenhove is convicted of 'incitement to hatred' and 'incitement to racism', based on Belgian negationism laws. He is also convicted to 10-months of probation for the sale of pepperspray. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(11-4-29) Author
2024-03-12 13:44:32
Dries Van Langenhove was convicted because, as the founder of the far-right youth movement Schild & Vrienden, he shared racist and sexist messages in chat groups. He also denied historical events, such as the Holocaust. He was also convicted of violating the Weapons Act. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(20-0-38) Author
2024-03-12 13:45:36
He was not sentenced because of "racist memes" in a group chat he was part of but rather he was "convicted of inciting violence and denying the Holocaust". Additionally his lawyer announced to appeal the ruling which he has the right to and contradicts the tyranny claim. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(28-2-44) Author
2024-03-12 14:02:44
There were a total of 5 charges against Dries Van Langenhove. The charges are based on communication broader than just memes; comments and messages were also taken into account. There is also a violation of the gun law. The official verdict (in Dutch): [Link] More information: [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(35-1-30) Author
2024-03-12 14:04:19
NNN, claims made by the post accurately characterize of the situation. WP reports, “The six were accused of using a chat group to exchange racist, antisemitic and other extremist comments.” [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(13-1-5) Author
2024-03-12 14:07:00
VL receives an effective prison sentence of 1 year and a fine of 16k euros for violations of the racism and negationism law. For the violations of the weapons law (sold pepper sprays) he receives a suspended prison sentence of 10 months. He must pay a total fine of 16k euros. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(27-3-37) Author
2024-03-12 14:13:49
NNN he indeed got sentenced to 1 year for hosting a discord server posting "racist memes". it was brought to light by PANO He has appealed his sentence but that does not need a community note THE POST IS FACTUAL [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(15-1-6) Author
2024-03-12 14:15:34
Stop using state funded media outlets as a reliable source for claims about a political dissident of said state. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-2-13) Author
2024-03-12 15:43:39
Mr Van Langenhoven has been sentenced to 1 year because of "pulling others in a racist and negationist discourse". He had been running a Discord server where he actively incited members to create racist memes, and used it to coordinate harassment of unfriendly public figures. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(42-0-44) Author
2024-03-12 16:18:18
NNN, highlighting the specific laws he broke doesn’t disprove the claim of the post. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(19-0-8) Author
2024-03-12 22:00:44
The laws violated in the EU are not relevant. The post is implying that the gov will try and censor free speech here in the US. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-1-1) Author