Posted on 10/12/2024 1:40:29 PM PDT by simpson96
German officials attempted to start a criminal investigation into a Gab social media user who allegedly called a left-wing female politician "fat," but the platform refused to comply with the German authorities' invasive demands to uncover the person's identity, the platform told Fox News Digital.
The Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt-BKA) contacted Gab about a user insulting the weight of politician Ricarda Lang, a prominent leader of an environmental party in Germany. It requested information that would identify who the individual was, under the suspicion they resided in Germany, so that they can continue their criminal investigation.
Torba called Germany's request "one of the more ridiculous foreign data requests that Gab received… [T]hey wanted us to dox a user for calling a female politician fat."
Gab's official response was to inform the German government they should "get bent," the CEO, Andrew Torba, told Fox News Digital.
"We stand firmly by our commitment to free speech principles and will not compromise the privacy or civil liberties of our users. We categorically reject any requests from governments, including the German government, that seek to stifle free speech or violate the privacy rights of our users for speech which is protected by US law. In this instance, we will not be providing any user data related to the alleged offense against a German politician. Accordingly: you can get bent," Gab said.
Germany has become the hate speech police, having some of the strictest laws in the world concerning social media posts. The agenda was accelerated after The Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) was signed into law in 2017.
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Greenpeace is gonna have rent a cargo ship to pull that back into the ocean
That is just the excuse to silence political opponents of the new liberal nazi regime.
shade in the summer.
Nothing says "I care about the environment" like being a gluttonous, corpulent hambeast.
I was just be facetious—but come to think about it-—maybe we should have broke the treaty and nuked them anyway-—😶
I’m not saying she’s fat, but even her rolls have rolls.
I’m not saying she’s fat, but even her rolls have rolls.
We better be careful-—the thought Police will be taking us away soon——
You left off—”over-served”
Like a someone who gets a DUI and sues the bartender at the Restaurant/Bar where they were drinking like a fish—it’s not their fault—they were “over-served”-
only certain people deserve controlling. Obviously this food busting dirt devil threw away all self control a long time ago.
Ok
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