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Germany Threatens To Fine Facebook Over Hate Speech (go.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: German officials are stepping up their criticism of Facebook, saying the social network is doing too little to stop hate speech and could face stiff fines unless it deletes illegal content faster. In an interview published Friday, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said his ministry was checking whether it would be possible to make social networking sites legally liable for illegal posts. Germany has seen a sharp increase in vitriolic posts on social media in recent years amid a heated public debate over the influx of more than a million migrants since the start of 2015. The country has laws against speech deemed to be racist, defamatory or inciting violence -- a response to Germany's Nazi legacy. But authorities have struggled with the deluge of often anonymous postings on foreign-owned websites. Thomas Oppermann, a senior lawmaker in Maas' Social Democratic Party, told German weekly Der Spiegel that dominant social media sites like Facebook could be required to delete illegal posts within 24 hours or face fines up to 500,000 euros ($522,000). Facebook also could be compelled to distribute corrections that reach the same number of people as the original post, Oppermann suggested, something traditional media companies in Germany are already required to do.
Trump won the election not because of some Russian hackers,but rather like a major victory in the global war against political correctness, and against neo-Marxism. In Western Europe there is a large majority of people who share a great love for the far left and leftism. Eastern Europe just throwing this to the toxic waste dump, not long ago, after paying a high price.
Bruxelles[Berlin] is seriously infested by cultural Marxism.
Unfortunately, you're a well known outspoken extremist, a Swedish nationalist at least, so to call your opinion tainted would be understatement. Do you have any links to facts to back up your opinions? I am not saying they are false based on who you are, I am asking you to provide evidence to support them.
As far as I can see, the major problem Sweden faced were the debt it ran up trying to maintain living standards after the bubble burst in the 90s. More of the tax you pay is now going in to paying off that debt, which has helped your country, but has caused living standards to fall - you don't seem happy about that? I can't say I know that much about the situation in Sweden. Here in the UK our current economic problem was caused by bank deregulation and the subsequent crash, and by the last government running up debt while not in deficit. I get it, it's nice to blame an external "other" for your own problems.