After a series of moves that include introducing copyright laws that threaten the digital commons and open access, as well as criminalizing online calls for street demonstrations, Spain is fast emerging as a serious rival to Russia when it comes to grinding down the digital world. Unfortunately, it seems that lack of understanding extends to the judiciary too, as shown by recent events reported by Rise Up, an „autonomous body based in Seattle“, which aims to provide secure and private email accounts for „people and groups working on liberatory social change“. Here‘s what happened to some of its users in Spain: