For everyone unaware, Dries Van Langenhove has been sentenced to time in prison and multiple fines for memes. He is a former elected member of the Belgian House of Representatives and a prominent political activist. Van Langenhove ran for elected office in 2019 and sat in the country’s federal parliament from 2019-2023 as an independent member in the political group of Vlaams Belang, Flanders’ main far-right party that wields an anti-immigrant rhetoric and wants to turn Flanders into a fully independent, breakaway state. He left politics to focus solely on political activism.
This case revolves entirely around memes shared on Discord and Facebook by members of the chats, it is also a reminder to everyone who considers themselves a dissident to remain far from these platforms.
Link to Dries Telegram