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Hate comments on the Internet – German police searches homes in several states
- stephengillie 8y ago> The "simple mouse click" to spread hate in the net can have serious consequences for the perpetrators: incitement in social networks or online forums is punishable by imprisonment of up to five years. Is this a real law?
- mveety 8y agoYes, however, I haven't yet heard of a case where someone's been imprisoned for that long yet. I don't follow it super closely, though, and I would't be surprised if someone was.
- bachbach 8y agoYes it is. I find it remarkable that people don't see how totalitarian this is as long as it's <insert political enemy here>. Talking shit on the internet should not get you arrested. We already have laws for people for making direct and specific threats of violence, for harassment and so on.
- rurban 8y agoNot in other states, only within Germany.
- ender341341 8y agoThe title is referring to German states, not nation-states.