This is the West ... when the West ignore their own safeguards they lose the high ground they believe they have.
If you can ban the advertising/promotion of one product without "Established" grounds you can't critisize another nation doing the same ...
The ECHR has several requirements for banning freedom of expression, which includes advertising, one is "Established" or "Necessary" another is "Proportionate" they all fail, but if they don't fail then this could be applied to condoms, medicine. etc ....
If you can just have an opinion to ban advertising we are in a bad place ...
Note discussing a product positively is advertising ...
If you can ban the advertising/promotion of one product without "Established" grounds you can't critisize another nation doing the same ...
The ECHR has several requirements for banning freedom of expression, which includes advertising, one is "Established" or "Necessary" another is "Proportionate" they all fail, but if they don't fail then this could be applied to condoms, medicine. etc ....
If you can just have an opinion to ban advertising we are in a bad place ...
Note discussing a product positively is advertising ...
Religion is the top shelf of the supernatural supermarket ... Madog