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Yep. People have had their homes raided in Germany for hosting online content about the Israeli genocide of Palestine. You don't get any warning - the police ju
by inigyou 2mo ago
Yep. People have had their homes raided in Germany for hosting online content about the Israeli genocide of Palestine. You don't get any warning - the police just show up and take all electronic devices, no exceptions.
- bentley 2mo agoPeople have had their homes raided in Germany and electronics seized for calling politicians dicks on Twitter or Facebook.
- inigyou 2mo agoThat's actually a crime though and everyone knows it's a crime.
- suslik 2mo agoThe fact that it is a crime (if it is, indeed, a fact), only makes it even more fucked up.
- bentley 2mo agoIt is indeed illegal to insult someone in Germany (Beleidigung). Actually, it’s illegal in quite a number of countries. Such a concept feels very archaic in the Anglosphere, like a remnant of honor culture, duels, etc. which we lost our taste for in the nineteenth century; and doubly so for the USA with its strong freedom of speech protections.