# Greece tightens criminal ‘fake news’ provisions

Date: 2021

In 2021 a Criminal Code amendment expanded punishment for spreading false information that could cause concern. Journalists and RSF warned it would chill reporting. A statute is a completed speech-restriction act, not a finding that every critic was prosecuted.

## People

- Kyriakos Mitsotakis: https://factrail.ai/people/kyriakos-mitsotakis

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://rsf.org/en/country/greece
- https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/gr-fake-news-law-2021