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Politicians from Germany's FDP sue over Network Enforcement Act
- ardent_uno 8y agoIt's funny how cynics scoff when Americans take pride in being "free", as if the rest of the world has caught up to the US or even passed it in measures of freedom. What recent experience tells us though is that, as is so often the case, the cynics are wrong and America really does benefit from having freedom of expression both written into the fundamental document of the nation - the Constitution - and ingrained in broader American culture. Recent European attempts to crack down on internet content are very disturbing and would never be tolerated in America. These attempts must be rebuffed.
- tannhaeuser 8y agoTLDR: effective of Jan 1st, 2018 online platforms are required to delete posts without warrant under certain provisions. The law passed during German federal elections to counter "fake news" and "hate speech" (and also to counter foreign nations messing with the elections), even with obvious questions regarding its legality under constitutional and fundamental rights. Tomorrow it's going to be officially challenged before a lower court as a first step to take it to the German constitutional court ("Supreme Court"). Already discussed in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17108353 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17108353 where this law was portrayed in a positive light by NYT, though