> much ink was spilled showing how no European paper would take on a corporation strong government support
Could you provide some examples of this? I know it's possible in the UK to get a court order to prevent media coverage, but I didn't know that was the case in other European countries.
I was thinking of the Wirecard scandal in Germany. The regulators responded to concerns by silencing silencing critics of the company.
I read either "defamation" or "libel" somewhere, but this article says:
[German regulators] banned investors from betting against Wirecard shares for two months, the first such restriction on an individual company in German stock market history. That was quickly followed by a criminal complaint against two Financial Times journalists who had reported the whistleblower allegations about the payments company.
When WSJ broke the Elizabeth Holmes story, much ink was spilled showing how no European paper would take on a corporation strong government support.
Looking at Europe, governments first instinct is to protect national favorites.
European whistleblowers are likely to face defamation suits, something thankfully difficult in America.