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Germany starts enforcing hate speech law
BBC News ^ | 31 December 2017

Posted on 12/31/2017 6:45:10 PM PST by Olog-hai

Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material.

Sites that do not remove “obviously illegal” posts could face fines of up to €50 million (£44.3 million; $60 million). The law gives the networks 24 hours to act after they have been told about lawbreaking material.

Social networks and media sites with more than two million members will fall under the law’s provisions. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will be the law’s main focus, but it is also likely to be applied to Reddit, Tumblr and Russian social network VK. Other sites such as Vimeo and Flickr could also be caught up in its provisions.

The Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (NetzDG) law was passed at the end of June 2017 and came into force in early October. The social networks were given until the end of 2017 to prepare themselves for the arrival of NetzDG.

The call to police social media sites more effectively arose after several high-profile cases in which fake news and racist material was being spread via the German arms of prominent social media firms. …

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government
KEYWORDS: achillwind; censorship; europe; eussr; facebook; fakenews; flickr; fourthreich; freedomofspeech; germany; germanyhatespeech; grundgesetz; hatespeech; internet; netzdg; reddit; socialistnetworking; socialmedia; surveillancestate; tumblr; twitter; tyranny; viertesreich; vimeo; viralmedia; vk; youtube
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1 posted on 12/31/2017 6:45:10 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Think spreading the muslim faith will be included as hate speech?


2 posted on 12/31/2017 6:46:49 PM PST by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: Olog-hai

They are crumbling fast. I hope we learn from their mistakes, and in due time


3 posted on 12/31/2017 6:49:14 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Olog-hai

Europe has fallen to Islam.


4 posted on 12/31/2017 6:51:30 PM PST by stockpirate (Give Peas a Chance)
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To: stockpirate

No, not yet; if that were so, then the churches would be paying the jizyah.

It’s fallen to Fabian socialism a long time ago though, and they’re pushing for more and more power.


5 posted on 12/31/2017 6:54:37 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Germany repeats itself.


6 posted on 12/31/2017 6:55:16 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Olog-hai

Very soon this will be repackaged as an anti-blasphemy law. ISIS-style threats and hate speech will be allowed, a Christian sermon will be banned.


7 posted on 12/31/2017 6:56:13 PM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Olog-hai
What a waste. Germany and Britain aren't worth defending anymore.Friggin idiots are worse than Democrats.
8 posted on 12/31/2017 7:00:33 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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So they should be allowed to become bases from which to attack the USA?


9 posted on 12/31/2017 7:01:52 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Anybody know what it takes to break this law? I want to kick it up a notch!

10 posted on 12/31/2017 7:03:38 PM PST by Nateman (The louder the left screams , the better it is for America!)
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To: Olog-hai

Again?


11 posted on 12/31/2017 7:04:48 PM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Olog-hai
Is this illegal?
12 posted on 12/31/2017 7:06:07 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents-Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Not according to the Basic Law, or their constitution. Article 5:
  1. Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his opinions in speech, writing and pictures, and to inform himself without hindrance from generally accessible sources. Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship.

  2. These rights shall find their limits in the provisions of general laws, in provisions for the protection of young persons, and in the right to personal honor.

  3. Arts and sciences, research and teaching shall be free. The freedom of teaching shall not release any person from allegiance to the constitution.
You can see that Section 2 nullifies the entire article.
13 posted on 12/31/2017 7:09:25 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Sorry; I meant it is illegal, even by their Article 5.
14 posted on 12/31/2017 7:13:02 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Teacher317

“They are crumbling fast. I hope we learn from their mistakes, and in due time”

We have...democrats haven’t,


15 posted on 12/31/2017 7:13:17 PM PST by Bonemaker
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“(W)ith contempt shall I fling my glove in the world’s face. Then shall I stride through the wreckage a creator!”

— Karl Marx
The Dems and the Eurocrats all think the same way as old Karl; push the current society to the edge and let it fall over, so they can be the ones to rebuild it in their own image according to their preconceptions.
16 posted on 12/31/2017 7:16:53 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Is it too farfetched to think in a generation we will have to go back to war in Europe for a THIRD time? An Islamic/super socialist region is a threat to America (if America doesn’t elect more a-holes like Obama).


17 posted on 12/31/2017 7:28:31 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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Certainly is not. That was the problem with the EU in the first place. Just like the USSR, they were always anti-US, especially when the USA defended Israel.


18 posted on 12/31/2017 7:32:01 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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I’m not a fan of most of these sites. They’re mostly run by leftscum. But 24 hours to respond to a complaint when they get literally thousands a day? Pure insanity. If they’re smart, they will simply block Germany.


19 posted on 12/31/2017 7:37:03 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: Olog-hai

islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.


20 posted on 12/31/2017 7:51:13 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Government: Another Gang that steals your money for "Protection".)
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