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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @02:27AM (4 children)
Hit the carriage return TWICE.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Monday June 26 2017, @02:38AM (2 children)
And now g_weg is trying to censor all of us who, along with Matt Damon, prefer the "wall of text"! I blame TMP. Besides, that is not enough, you need a line holder, or the blank line will be ignored, just like the Nazi leanings of certain Soylentils.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @02:54AM (1 child)
No, just a friendly suggestion.
the "wall of text"
Some folks will just skip over a comment that is the slightest bit difficult to read.
Want maximum readership? Make it easy.
Once your text blob is over 100 words, a paragraph break is about due.
At 200 words, it's way past due.
you need a line holder, or the blank line will be ignored
The default format is Plain Old Text.
With that, my suggestion works just fine.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday June 26 2017, @10:42AM
Yes. Yes we most certainly will.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @02:41AM
When you log in.