Posted on 01/26/2023 8:08:41 AM PST by Eleutheria5
Two German NGOs have launched a lawsuit against Twitter for failing to remove antisemitic tweets that include Holocaust denial and trivialization.
The European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) along with HateAid gGmbH, which advocates against online hate and violence, have brought their case against Twitter in a civil lawsuit alleging that the platform’s lack of moderation of content violates German law.
The suit centers around six comments that the NGOs described as antisemitic and illegal that were not removed despite being reported to Twitter.
“In one case relating to Holocaust denial, Twitter had even explicitly refused to remove the content. This practice contradicts the platform’s rules and policies which are part of the terms of service for users,” the NGOs said in a joint statement.
Noting that Twitter’s terms of service states that it will not tolerate threats of violence and incitement to hatred, the NGOs described their case as providing “clarification about whether users have a legal claim to enforce these rules and policies as part of their contract with social networks.”
They added that “this would give users the possibility to sue for the removal of inciting content in the future, even if they are not personally affected from violations of their rights. To date, users have been at the mercy of an arbitrary and [nontransparent] practice of moderation.”
The NGOs declared that for several years they have witnessed the spread of antisemitism statements online, especially on social networks where “taboos are broken on a regular basis.”
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The easiest solution is just to block any users from viewing twitter from any country without robust free speech laws.
>>Noting that Twitter’s terms of service states that it will not tolerate threats of violence and incitement to hatred
Holocaust denial may be historically ignorant, but I don’t see that it rises to the level of “threats of violence” nor “incitement to hatred”.
NGOs are crimes against humanity.
Free speech is free speech even if it’s stupid or offensive.
Twitter nor any other US tech platform should bow to Euro hate speech laws, why should they be given the power to censor US social media? Let Germany block Twitter if they want and make Germans use a vpn to access it if choose.
Besides if these groups promoting censorship are doing so because they believe misinformation is being put forward, the way to fight it would be to present information to counter it. Censorship is never the answer, when people try to censor something it just makes people think they are trying to hide something.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;"
Not hard to understand at all. The Nazi's have been promoting their repression of freedom for over 100 years. I see it's still ingrained in the German blood.
Twitter should amend their terms of service to state that users accept that its use is subject exclusively to U.S. law.
it pre-supposes a conspiracy to invent the Holocaust by—guess who, just to make the Fatherland look bad. Which would be an “incitement to hatre” in Germany. I think it should be allowed, because criminalizing it just lends it credibility it doesn’t deserve. But I’m not German, so it’s their affair, but shouldn’t be Elon Musk’s problem.
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