The article is unclear but that's my reading of it too. It's obviously infeasible to sue everybody who does this (especially if you're a public figure, it would be hundreds of lawsuits) so I think the endgame is that if the content doesn't have a signature, we assume it's fake.
Linux has always had a strong showing over there. If I had the misfortune of living there I'd certainly want all the privacy and autonomy I could get...
"GendBuntu" is an atrocious name, and it doesn't sound good in French either (perhaps even worse). I don't know why they insisted on referencing Ubuntu in the name. GendarmOS would have been fine, or GendarmeSE to be more correct.
Ah yes, the Volvo S90 and VW Passat, definitely SUVs. Even Google's screenshots show 40% garbage.