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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Baby Got Fat
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She’s not fat. That’s mean.
She is calorically challenged.
Or Perhaps she is one of the following:
Big-boned
Well insulated
Big as an ox, but not necessarily as strong
Plump
Large
Horizontally challenged
Well fed
portly
buxom
curvy
big
husky
Big Fat
Lesbo too .
The meanest and most evil creature in the West .
Thanks. Just threw up.
You forgot “fluffy”.
“Guilty”
Maybe they will charge him with practicing medicine without a license!
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I thought Germany has healed of their proclivity for fascism afrer 70 years. Apparently not. Free speech is still anathema to them
situations like these make me wonder if toilets have load ratings...
Ewwww
I pity her poor shoes.
Sehr Groß
Dem dar folks sure like to control people don’t they.
Any relation to Michael Moore or Jerry Nadler the penguin?
her toilets deal with a lot of crap...
So, is she fat? (I believe the acceptable term is ‘thick’.)
I think her body mass exceeds 1,000%...
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