German prosecutors have made it clear that sharing misinformation online and sharing despicable information with others in public is a crime in their own country.
A few days after Vice President JD Vance called on European countries to oppose free speech, German prosecutors provided some spectacular revelation about the country's speech law.
Vance made a statement at Germany's Munich Security Conference, referring to poor policies surrounding immigration, religious freedom and freedom of speech, and describing European borders as “from within.”
Munich's Security Council President Christophe Husgen specifically violated Vance's comments, saying that the country's common value bases seem less common. He then praise Other European leaders, particularly Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky, have reaffirmed the value of “democracy” and “freedom.”
“If you insult someone on the internet, the fine can be even higher.”
After all, if the Vice President's words were considered insult, he could probably have committed a crime under German law.
“Is it a crime to humiliate someone in public?” Sharin Alfonsi, host of “60 Minutes,” asked a panel of German lawyers.
“Yes. Yes. Yes,” they replied unanimously.
“And is it a crime to humiliate them online?” Then, Alfoncy I asked.
“Yes. You could end up humiliating someone online and the fine could be even higher,” one prosecutor explained. “Because on the internet, you stay there. If you're talking face to face here, you insult me, I'll scorn you. Ok, I jumped in.
“It's forever stuck,” she said, and the German agreed.
The CBS host explained that German law also prohibits spreading “malicious gossip, violent threats and false quotes.”
According to the Germans, this has been extended to repost or share “things that are not true” online. One prosecutor argued that the reason behind such laws is that readers “cannot tell if they invented it or reposted it.”
“Half of German internet users are afraid to express their political opinions,” said Josephine Baron, one of the prosecutors. credit As I say.
She continued, “Without boundaries, a very small group of people can rely on endless freedom to say what they want while everyone else is scared and threatened .”
This can be interpreted as a statement in favour of greater protections surrounding speech, but Baron is a joint knowledge of a human rights organization called Hachiaid. The company aims to support victims of “online violence.”
Later in the same program, CBS showed German police Conduct multiple attacks About residents who are allegedly posting hate speech online. Police arrived with armed officers to confiscate their laptops and cell phones.
The attacks became apparently part of a continuing, coordinated effort in Germany to “control online hate speech.”
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