So far this year there have been 1650 investigations into hate posts on the internet in Bavaria. In future, it should be easier for people who are threatened or insulted on the Internet to report this.Anyone who is threatened or insulted on the Internet should soon be able to report this in Bavaria via an online reporting portal. Justice Minister Georg Eisenreich (CSU) announced on Wednesday. So far, this option has only been available to media companies and local politicians....
An EU law for more justice and security on the Internet has cleared an important hurdle. The responsible committee of the European Parliament agreed on a compromise on the law for digital services, as the Strasbourg institution announced on Tuesday. The law aims to better protect consumers from disinformation, hate speech and buying counterfeit products, among other things. The Green MP Alexandra Geese described the law as the "new basic law of the Internet". The committee compromise is to be...
In order to protect against hatred and agitation on the Internet, messenger services are to be more closely controlled by politics and the judiciary, also according to the will of Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU). The minimum is in any case that there are more sanctions and more restrictions for messenger services, which are a special distribution channel, said the CSU boss on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting in Munich. Söder announced that he would consult with Justice Minister...
Prime Minister's Conference MPK calls for measures against corona hate speech online Against hate speech and conspiracy theories on the net in connection with the corona pandemic should be taken tougher. Photo: Fabian Sommer / dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH The heads of government of the federal states and the new Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) are in favor of stricter measures against the increasing agitation and conspiracy theories on the Internet in connection with the corona pandemic. The heads of...
It looks almost routine, practiced, for example the police officer who rings the doorbell at six in the morning and reads out a few allegations, or the public prosecutor who drives three hours by car to a distant provincial district court. Investigators doing their job. The state of justice at work. That's what the documentation is for Hatred on the net by NDR journalist Klaus Scherer shows. The only thing that is amazing is that this is new.Because this film...
Status: 02.12.2021 5:08 p.m. The EU Commission is of the opinion that the denial or trivialization of international crimes is not adequately combated in Germany under criminal law. Infringement proceedings have now been initiated. The EU Commission has opened treaty infringement proceedings against Germany because it allegedly did not do enough against hate speech. It is about public denial or gross trivialization of international crimes, said the Commission in Brussels. Similar allegations have been opened against Luxembourg and Hungary. According...
crime Nationwide day of action against hate messages on the Internet The police took action against criminal posts on the Internet with a nationwide campaign. Photo: Finn Winkler / dpa / Symbolbild © dpa-infocom GmbH The corona pandemic may have fueled the trend: hate postings online are booming - and the trend is rising. The police are now taking action against this in a nationwide campaign. The police took action against criminal posts on the Internet with a nationwide campaign....
The Munich police searched three apartments at the Olympiapark, in Giesing and in the community of Unterschleißheim in the district of Munich in the morning hours. The accused are accused of posting anti-Semitic or seditious remarks on the Internet. The officers seized computers, laptops, and cell phones. Investigators across Bavaria carried out search warrants against a total of 23 suspects, including suspects from the districts of Ebersberg, Erding, Freising and Fürstenfeldbruck.In close consultation with the Bavarian Central Office for Combating...
Exclusive Status: 01.12.2021 6:00 a.m. The action against insults and threats should be made more effective by the law against hatred on the Internet. But prosecutors complain NDR researchthat politicians often do not support such investigations. High-ranking prosecutors with a focus on hate crime on the Internet are demanding more support from MPs in libel proceedings. "It is very unfortunate for us when at the end of a complex investigation we have to find that the offended or slandered person...
In the fight against hate speech on the Internet, the Australian government wants to make social networks more accountable. The measures would ensure that the companies are legally regarded as publishers and can be held liable for defamatory comments on their platforms, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. Corresponding bills are to be published next week and introduced to parliament at the beginning of next year. The plans stipulate that the platform operators have to set up a "fast,...
