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In a coordinated campaign across 14 states, the German police on Tuesday 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 Münch, 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 on Monday.
The measure, championed by Justice Minister Heiko Maas for passage this month, would fine Facebook, Twitter and other outlets up to $53 million (50 million euros) if they failed to remove hate speech and other forms of illegal content.
The left ladies and gentlemen.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday June 26 2017, @10:24AM (3 children)
That right there. You attack the ones putting your liberties in the most danger at the moment. You do not give them a pass for past good deeds.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @03:30PM (1 child)
You are so transparently partisan it's just sad.
At least you're leaving plenty of gems like these for the next time it's the D team's turn at the helm.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 27 2017, @10:57AM
Partisan? Which party do I belong to then?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Monday June 26 2017, @05:18PM
Ignoring the SJWs to focus on the mainstream conservatives was a mistake which got us where we are today. Once a crazy fringe gains the moral authority, it's too late to stop it from doing damage.