They leave for Germany, of all places. Germany is one of the European states with most arrests for posting entries on social media. I guess they will pack their stuff and move on in 1-2 years from now.
https://apnews.com/article/germany-women-misogyny-raids-inte...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-police-launch-nationwide-o...
It seems reasonable to be concerned about a government that wants the power to reveal Internet users, but I couldn’t say on what basis Proton expects legal protection to continue after the move.
For things like troll posts or just general hate speech, most of the time the police visit your house and ask you questions and give you a stern warning. And remember, police in EU isn't like police in US - when you get visited by police in EU, you aren't afraid that you are going to get shot up or thrown on the ground and tazed if you did nothing wrong. In extreme cases where you are calling for things like beheading, yea they def arrest for that.
Source: close friend that lives in Germanty works for a company that does business with German government. I don't know first hand but he is pretty aware of the policics in EU and I have no reason to believe he would be exaggerating.
On anther note, Germany policing is quite progressive actually. For example, if you run, you don't get a charge for evading/eluding - its actually legal to run from police because "desire for freedom is a human right".
We still have more dying in jail or during arrest per capita than any other country in Europe, but we're still orders of magnitude behind the US.
You see people negotiating with police when pulled over, if this is in the typical "latin" way it is fair game.
I was taught as a kid to always go to police when in trouble. Taught the same to my kids.
Now, I live west of Paris which means that right from the start the relationship is better. In other places this may need very different.
In France, discriminatory identity checks are a striking illustration of this. Police disproportionately target certain citizens on the basis of their skin color or presumed origin, particularly young people perceived to be Black or Arab, including children. These abusive controls can often lead to more serious police violence, including with fatal outcomes.
~ https://humanrights.gov.au/know-your-rights/rights-of-indivi...
Civilians are basically 'the others' and are to be avoided and met with suspicion first. And that's the most liberal police syndicate.
In my city the police approaches you smiling. They are part of all events so they are well known. But again it is in a nice cosy city.
You mention "camp counselor" - maybe it was more tense there?
These two are highly related