In a coordinated campaign across 14 states, German police have raided the homes of 36 people accused of hateful postings over social media, including threats, coercion and incitement to racism.
Most of the raids concerned politically motivated right-wing incitement, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office, whose officers conducted home searches and interrogations. But the raids also targeted two people accused of left-wing extremist content, as well as one person accused of making threats or harassment based on someone's sexual orientation.
"The still high incidence of punishable hate posting shows a need for police action," Holger Muench, president of the Federal Criminal Police Office, said in a statement. "Our free society must not allow a climate of fear, threat, criminal violence and violence either on the street or on the internet."
The raids come as Germans are debating the draft of a new social media law aimed at cracking down on hate speech, a measure that an array of experts said was unconstitutional at a parliamentary hearing this week.
The measure, championed by Justice Minister Heiko Maas for passage this month, would fine Facebook, Twitter and other outlets up to $73 million (50 million euros) if they failed to remove hate speech and other forms of illegal content.
Under German law, social media users are subject to a range of punishments for posting illegal material, including a prison sentence of up to five years for inciting racial hatred.
Under the draft statute, networks must offer a readily available complaint process for posts that may amount to threats, hate speech, defamation or incitement to commit a crime, among other offences.
Social media outlets would have 24 hours to delete "obviously criminal content" and a week to decide on more ambiguous cases.
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>>130940396
>Scared of policing your refugees?
>Jail the people who complain about them online instead!
Germany!
>>130940396
wtf... five years for inciting racial hatred.... man might as well make a robbery
>>130940396
I guess buying VPN is a must in Germany also how is 4chan still legal there
>>130940396
What a bunch of nazis
>>130940396
We had this thread like 30 times already.
Fuck off
>>130940396
Byt what IF Facebook and Twitter have their servers outside Germany?
Part and Parcel.
>>130942487
>how is 4chan still legal there
4chan is just an anonymous image board website to discuss topics of interest, anime, auto, politics... why is there a reason to ban it?
No dissent if everyone is arrested.
>>130940396
>Fascist actions.
>Germany.
Who would have fucking thought?
>>130940396
>The measure, championed by Justice Minister Heiko Maas for passage this month, would fine Facebook, Twitter and other outlets up to $73 million (50 million euros) if they failed to remove hate speech and other forms of illegal content.
have fun with that we can just tell you to fuck off
>>130944898
IM GOIN GHOST
>>130940396
While Ahmed and his boyfriends can kick a woman down the stairs and face laughable repercussions. Despicable.v
>>130948042
>>130940396
Don't mind CIA and NATO killing and stealing, we should first solve social media hate speech. Wohooo lets have an EU army and attack more Muslims to import more refugees, democracy is great you guys.
>>130947734
that's rich coming from an american
this brave new world shit is anglo american to the teeth.
>>130950138
I'M GOIN GHOST
>>130950505
At least we still have some semblance of freedom of speech. If we're Brave New World you're 1984.
>>130940396
>Our free society
has thought crimes
lol
Is it, dare I say, time to... remove kraut?
>>130950972
Would you care if it was Muslim radicals being arrested?
If it was blacks calling for violence against whites, or gays against straights?
>>130940396
>Our free society must not allow a climate of fear, threat, criminal violence and violence either on the street or on the internet."
>>130951360
>Comparing Jihadists with guys who are angry that Jihadists are destroying their society, culture, and race.
Wow. What a shitty comparison.
You might have more of a point with your second point, though one group is still already very violent (and it isn't the fags.)
>>130942487
Heiko Maas doesn't care about 4chan and the internet in general is still called 'Neuland' by politicians here.
>>130940396
Everyone on /pol/ is raging about this, but does anyone actually know what the posts were? What if they were bomb threats or other violent threats?
>>130952737
>>130952737
Let's be honest, they literally dindu nuffin.
>>130940396
>German
getting about that time again isn't it?