. Ve have a new German law ENCOURAGING social media giants to censor opinions
Posted on 01/06/2018 9:30:46 AM PST by Olog-hai
On January 1st, the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (network enforcement act) came into force. Germans are furiously debating whether it is a necessary tool against hate speech or a form of censorship.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have already felt the consequences of the new law — two of their MPs have had their Twitter accounts blocked. But they aren’t alone. The satirical magazine Titanic was also unable to use Twitter for two days starting Wednesday, after it posted a tweet satirizing the AfD. […]
[AfD] Party deputy leader Beatrix von Storch was unable to tweet for twelve hours after she attacked Cologne police for sending a New Year’s greeting in Arabic on Twitter. “What the hell is going on with this country? Why is an official police site… tweeting in Arabic?” von Storch wrote. “Did you mean to placate the barbaric, Muslim, gang-raping hordes of men?”
Her colleague, MP Jens Maier, also fell foul of the law after he described former tennis star Boris Becker’s son Noah as a “little half-negro” on the social media platform. Becker has since indicated that he will take legal action over the tweet, which he describes as racist. …
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Encouraging? No. The word is ordering.
Vee haf vays of makink you not talk.
The name will soon be added to significant foreign words at the next spelling bee.
Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (network enforcement act)
Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (network enforcement act)
Where can we find the proper pronunciation guide?
It’s roughly “nets-work durk-zets-oongs gezets”.
It’s1936 again!!!!!!
Germans NEVR change
*NEVER*
First paragraph of Article 5 claims “no censorship”, and then the second paragraph says that “provisions of general laws” among other things can institute censorship.— Basic Law, Article 5
- 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.
- 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.
- Arts and sciences, research and teaching shall be free. The freedom of teaching shall not release any person from allegiance to the constitution.
I’d bet there is an antonym to this work in the Czech, Polish, and Hungarian languages.
They already have a history with the heavy hand of Germany.
. Ve have a new German law ENCOURAGING social media giants to censor opinions
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