Fake News: Germany To Set Up ‘Ministry of Truth’ Ahead of 2017 Elections

Breitbart ^ | December 24, 2016 | Chris Tomlinson

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The German Interior Ministry has announced its intention to combat so-called “fake news” on social media by setting up a “defence centre against disinformation,” ahead of next year’s federal election.
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The enforcement of so-called hate speech laws online has also had a direct impact on the lives of many ordinary Germans. Raids have been carried out by police across the country on homes of those suspected to have written negative comments online about asylum seekers which have led to fines and even prison sentences.

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Germany's Interior Minister: Thomas de Maizière



Look like he could be an MSNBC host

[redfreedom]

Will this be a leftist propaganda ministry to fight propaganda, spread propaganda, or to fight the truth? Or all of the above?

What I see as positive about all this fake news talk is it’s making many people aware that the MSM among others do not tell the truth.

[Bogey78O]

“you said 85% of asylum seekers supported sharia law being made superior to German law when in actuality it is only 79%. Such hate-mongering is unacceptable! To jail with you!”

[Cowboy Bob]

“Fake News” is not new. It goes back at leaat 50-60 years...probable much more.

I wonder how many of our beliefs today are based on Fake News?

[nickedknack]

Heil Merkel!

(The Fourth Reich always has been just below the surface.)

[Texas Fossil]

German leadership are afraid they will be trumped by the truth leaking out. smile.

[abb]

Goes way back further than that. My favorite is when Pope Leo X directed that Martin Luther shall not espouse the 95 Theses, as such writing was “fake news.” Martin Luther dared to write that you didn’t have to pay money to the Holy Roman Church for salvation.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

If the German people put up with this they have lost their freedom entirely. Sounds like the Stasi.

[ronnie raygun]

Fake news means news that goes against thier agenda

[nuconvert]

This is what Hitlery would have done had she won the election.

[Stopthethreat]

Fake news = real news (truth)

Fairness doctrine = Unfairness doctrine (forcing equal amount of liberal talk radio even though no one wants to listen)

Affordable Care Act = Unaffordable health care

Stupid Orwellian liberals. SSDD

[Lizavetta]

Because if there’s one thing government does well it’s truth. /s

[Stopthethreat]

Looks like he could be related to Goebbels

[Kudsman]

Goebbels would be proud.

[Robert DeLong]

According to the ministry, the most susceptible groups to false information and rumour are those from the Russian-German community and those living in Germany with a Turkish background. Earlier this year, Russian-Germans were outraged by a report that said a 13-year-old girl had been raped by an asylum seeker, and while there have been multiple cases of asylum seekers sexually abusing underage children over the past year, the girl admitted the story had been made up.

Sorry, but that is not fake news. That is a false report, given credence because of actual cases occurring, that was reported on. When the truth was uncovered that also was reported on. So a false story, yes, fake news, no.

This is all a guise to censor news and to create a tool with which to question actual news, such as Wikileaks releasing the emails of the DNC and Podesta.

[vigilence]

George Orwell was right, he just got the year wrong.

[Savage Beast]

History repeats itself! Can they clone Josef Goebbels and bring him back?????

[onedoug]

In seeking the correct spelling of Deutschland, I found “douche” instead.

Seems entirely appropriate.

[reviled downesdad]

Voldemort would not be phased

[Salman]

In German there is a single word description: Propagandaministerium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reich_Ministry_of_Public_Enlightenment_and_Propaganda