To give a concrete example for this, here in Germany we have laws against insulting others. These have pretty strict requirements, and almost never get in front

To give a concrete example for this, here in Germany we have laws against insulting others. These have pretty strict requirements, and almost never get in front of a judge. Last year, some guy in Hamburg called the minister of interior of the state a "Pimmel", a dick, and his house was raided by law enforcement, his and his ex-girlfriends electronic devices confiscated. [0] Meanwhile, a german talk show thought they'd see how police deal with hate speech being reported by normal people, and found that it was very hard to get anywhere - even stuff like calling for the extermination of specific groups or threatening to rape others hardly led to any reaction. [1] Some police departments basically just said nothing is going to happen, others took the statement and then didn't follow up anymore. To my knowledge none of them led to police storming apartments, although a select few initiated prosecution. [0] https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Pimmelgate-Nach-Durchsuchung-in-Hamburg-Kritik-an-Grote,grote566.html https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Pimmelgate-Nach-Durch... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdm8SG8_v0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdm8SG8_v0I (Both sources in german, can't find any in English)