EDITORIAL: Gag me with a Spain
A widely contested and heinously problematic public security law went into effect in Spain on July 1, inciting public uproar and numerous protests — all for good reason. New restrictions of what critics are calling the ‘gag law’ include, but are not limited to: the prohibition of “unauthorized protest,” disruption of public events, the use social media to call on others to protest and the photographing and disrespecting police.