About the situation, the actor spoke on the social network “Facebook”. When the portal Žmonės.lt contacted A. Mickevičius, he said that he cannot reveal more details yet because a pre-trial investigation is underway.
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“This morning I was at the police to give testimony about a post I once made on my ‘Facebook’ wall, evaluating the ‘Free Speech’ protest (with photos and memes (!) from official sources and public space), which was later shared by a scandalous politician whom I neither know nor follow.
Although the police officers were kind and assured me that freedom of speech exists in Lithuania, I still felt strange being questioned about my activity on social networks, as if that activity implied some criminal intent, although it was never hate speech, nor a call for violence, nor discrimination, just an opinion, perspective, summary of observations, irony, humor.
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From this visit, I also understood that in Lithuania possibly all crooks, bandits, thieves, and fraudsters have already been caught and imprisoned if the police are tasked with digging through citizens’ social media. On the other hand – bandits (those who are imprisoned) are often interviewed here, share life experiences, show their cells, etc. A lifestyle magazine!
P.S.: A meme is a rapidly spreading unit of cultural information: a funny idea, phrase, video, or picture. Internet memes usually reflect everyday situations, mock popular culture or politics, and by sharing them, people quickly recreate and adapt the content,” wrote A. Mickevičius.
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Comments poured in with reactions from concerned friends.
“And again, will we be whispering in kitchens?” asked one woman.
“It’s becoming not funny,” concluded Rūta Ščiogolevaitė.
