{"id":220376,"date":"2025-02-21T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fact-check-is-jd-vance-right-about-the-decline-of-free-speech-in-europe-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T12:05:41","slug":"fact-check-is-jd-vance-right-about-the-decline-of-free-speech-in-europe-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fact-check-is-jd-vance-right-about-the-decline-of-free-speech-in-europe-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Is JD Vance right about the decline of free speech in Europe? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/C41eE0xoXHE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fact check: Is JD Vance right about the decline of free speech in Europe? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C41eE0xoXHE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US Vice President JD Vance claims that freedom of speech in Europe is \u201cin retreat\u201d and delivers several examples of incidents in Germany or the United Kingdom. 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