Europe moves to stifle free speech on the internet.

According to the ABA Journal Law Blog (quoting the WSJ), Europe has moved to ban so-called

flogs (fake blogs), AstroTurf (alleged grass-roots campaigns run by corporations) and lobbying campaigns featuring sock puppets (individuals who post under numerous aliases)

Is this such a rampant problem that European legislators have nothing better to do than prohibit this?  And how criminal of an activity is this that prison time is a possibility for violating this “law.”  What’s next?  Prison time for James Frey and Margaret B. Jones?

This would never abide here.  Or would it?