The Spanish government’s plan to ban memes isn’t going too well

Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy’s Popular Party recently announced a plan to ban the use of memes in the country – and guess what? It was met with memes and mockery.

Euroweeklynews reports that the scheme was put before Congress and would see restrictions placed on “spreading images that infringe the honour of a person.” It has been referred to as “the gag law” by critics.

Spaniards ridiculed the idea, using the hashtag #SinMemesNoHayDemocracia (no democracy without memes).

Ahora el PP quiere prohibir los memes y considerarlos delito. Rajoy, te pasas #SinMemesNoHayDemocracia pic.twitter.com/OSxvIJQ5Gb

— Código Nuevo (@CodigoNuevo) November 8, 2016

#L6elecciones Resumen gráfico de la jornada electoral del 26-J https://t.co/FVKBXJ0wnt

— Juan Pablo Bellido (@JPBellido) June 26, 2016

#SinMemesNoHayDemocracia No sin mi meme pic.twitter.com/V0pwPjNQW6

— NoAbrasPaz (@noabraspaz) November 8, 2016

Con la prohibición de los memes, que pretende el PP, ¿sería ilegal este fotomontaje que me curré hace años? #SinMemesNoHayDemocracia pic.twitter.com/6tgRhiuYUP

— Toño Fraguas (@antoniofraguas) November 8, 2016

Rajoy quiere que no haya más imágenes como esta, coartar nuestra libertad de expresión. #SinMemesNoHayDemocracia pic.twitter.com/3kQZlOGheu

— cagonros (@cagonros_) November 8, 2016

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