Germany is prosecuting online trolls. Here's how the country is fighting hate speech on the internet.
In the U.S., most of what gets posted online, even if it's hate-filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in Germany, authorities are prosecuting online trolls in an effort to ...
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Americans Shocked by '60 Minutes' Report on German Speech Policing
The CBS News piece showcased how German authorities crack down on online speech deemed harmful or offensive under the country's stringent speech laws. The report documented early-morning police ...
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Posting hateful speech online could lead to police raiding your home in this European country
After its darkest chapter, Germany strengthened its speech laws. As prosecutors explain it, the German constitution protects free speech but not hate speech. And here's where it gets tricky ...
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My father survived the Holocaust. Censorship didn’t stop the Nazis, it helped them
Sadly, we need look no further than Germany itself for examples of contemporary hate speech laws predictably going awry. Recently, six German police officers conducted a dawn raid of a man’s ...
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German prosecutors tell '60 Minutes' it's a crime to insult people online as government raids offenders' homes
CBS’ "60 Minutes" aired a friendly interview Sunday with local German officials as the country's government initiates a nationwide crackdown on offensive speech. CBS’ Sharyn Alfonsi juxtaposed ...
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German Prosecutors Accidentally Prove JD Vance's Point About Free Speech in Disturbing '60 Minutes' Interview
On Friday at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Vance provided numerous examples ... speech," albeit with "limits." Meanwhile, a second clip showed CBS' cameras embedded with German ...
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JD Vance rebukes anti-free speech, anti-Christian discrimination in Munich speech
Delivering a speech in Germany, U S Vice President J D Vance criticized European governments for suppressing free speech and discriminating against Christians He urged leaders across Europe to ...
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"60 Minutes" Interviews German Prosecutors on Speech Laws: Insulting Someone Online Could Result In A Higher Fine Than In-Person
After its darkest chapter, Germany strengthened its speech laws. As prosecutors explain it, the German constitution protects free speech but not hate speech. And here's where it gets tricky ...
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Hate-speech failures by Meta and X undermine German election
A corporate accountability group called Ekō submitted ten ads to Meta and X that contained clear examples of extremist hate speech, incitement to violence ahead of the German election ...
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German Chancellor Scholz Appears To Rebuke JD Vance In Speech, Slams ‘Outsiders Intervening In Our Democracy’
One day after Vice President JD Vance delivered a scathing speech to European leaders in Munich, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took the same stage to offer an apparent rebuke to Vance’s remarks ...
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JD Vance rips ‘Orwellian’ German prosecutors for ‘criminalizing speech,’ says it will hamper Europe-US relations
Vice President JD Vance slammed German prosecutors on Monday for “criminalizing speech” — including the reposting of false information — and warned that the worsening trend will “strain ...