Tweets have consequences, and the famed French water company Evian has learned this lesson on Tuesday. The tweet, at first glance, seems perfectly innocent: “RT if you have already drunk 1L [of water] today” Still don’t see it? I don’t blame you, I had to read the comments and retweets myself to figure out […]
Muhammad removed from a new Dutch translation of Dante’s Inferno, to avoid ‘unnecessary offense’
The news has been quietly making the rounds in European news outlets, following an initial report by the newspaper De Standaard that was picked up subsequently by several French publications: a new translation of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, written between 1304 and 1307, is causing controversy following the translator’s alterations. Valeurs Actuelles reported that Lies […]