• Illegal Memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the Proposed EU Copyright Overhaul https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/illegal-memes-weak-safe-harbor-unpacking-the-proposed-eu-copyright-overhaul/ 99 comments 12/6/2018
• Russia just made a ton of Internet memes illegal http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/10/russia-just-made-a-ton-of-internet-memes-illegal/?tid=sm_fb 18 comments 11/4/2015
• Ireland Hate Speech Law Would Make It Illegal to Possess 'Reckless' Memes https://themessenger.com/news/ireland-hate-speech-law-conor-mcgregor-memes 11 comments 3/12/2023

• This new bill aims to make presidential meme coins illegal https://www.fastcompany.com/91286681/new-bill-aims-make-presidential-meme-coins-illegal 19 comments 27/2/2025 cryptocurrency
• Teacher uses a meme of Dora the Explorer as an illegal border crosser in a lesson about voting https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/11/16/teacher-uses-meme-dora-explorer-an-illegal-border-crosser-lesson-about-voting/ 16 comments 16/11/2019 politics
• Memes are now illegal in Europe https://musically.com/2018/09/12/article-13-approved-by-european-parliament-by-438-votes-to-226/ 9 comments 12/9/2018 degoogle
• China bans ‘illegal’ Winnie the Pooh memes http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/china-bans-illegal-winnie-the-pooh-memes/news-story/d5fa4d4460fd885242fed417df38a85d 5 comments 17/7/2017 nottheonion
• Memes of Putin are now illegal in Russia. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/memes-in-russia-are-now-illegal-173222056.html 33 comments 15/4/2015 worldnews
• Russia just reminded us that these Putin memes are illegal http://www.marketwatch.com/story/russia-just-reminded-us-that-these-putin-memes-are-illegal-2015-04-13 37 comments 14/4/2015 nottheonion
• Memes illegal in Russia: Kremlin bans Putin, celebrity memes http://www.perthnow.com.au/technology/memes-illegal-in-russia-kremlin-bans-putin-celebrity-memes/story-fnjwnzao-1227300117603 25 comments 11/4/2015 worldnews
• Why creating memes is illegal in Australia http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=technology 8 comments 14/12/2013 worldnews
• Why creating memes is illegal in Australia http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774 40 comments 12/11/2013 worldnews
• Why Creating Memes is Illegal in Australia http://mobile.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774 8 comments 12/11/2013 worldnews
• Weird new Republican meme: Abortion is to blame for illegal immigration http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/ar2006111301129.html 31 comments 14/11/2006 reddit.com
• Facebook meme makes false claims about benefits to immigrants who cross border illegally https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2018/nov/08/viral-image/facebook-meme-misleads-about-benefits-immigrants-w/ 27 comments 14/11/2018 politics
• Russia just made a ton of Internet memes illegal http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/10/russia-just-made-a-ton-of-internet-memes-illegal/?tid=sm_fb 150 comments 11/4/2015 europe
• Russia just made a ton of Internet memes illegal http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/10/russia-just-made-a-ton-of-internet-memes-illegal/?tid=sm_fb 441 comments 10/4/2015 nottheonion
• Russia just made a ton of Internet memes illegal http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/10/russia-just-made-a-ton-of-internet-memes-illegal/?tid=sm_tw 16 comments 10/4/2015 worldnews
• Russia just made a ton of Internet memes illegal http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/10/russia-just-made-a-ton-of-internet-memes-illegal/?tid=sm_tw 5 comments 10/4/2015 russia
• Ireland Hate Speech Law Would Make It Illegal to Possess 'Reckless' Memes https://themessenger.com/news/ireland-hate-speech-law-conor-mcgregor-memes 2 comments 28/11/2023 worldnews
• Ireland Hate Speech Law Would Make It Illegal to Possess 'Reckless' Memes https://themessenger.com/news/ireland-hate-speech-law-conor-mcgregor-memes 461 comments 27/11/2023 europe
• [Article in german] Germany accounces planned changes to it's copyright laws, that would make a majority of memes illegal and require online services to block them via upload filters. https://www.heise.de/news/urheberrechtsreform-justizministerium-dampft-freie-inhalte-schnipsel-ein-4986978.html 7 comments 12/12/2020 europe