Germany Plans To Fine Social Media Sites Over Hate Speech (reuters.com)

Germany plans a new law calling for social networks like Facebook to remove slanderous or threatening online postings quickly or face fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 mln). From a report: "This (draft law) sets out binding standards for the way operators of social networks deal with complaints and obliges them to delete criminal content," Justice Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement announcing the planned legislation on Tuesday. Failure to comply could see a social media company fined up to 50 million euros, and the company's chief representative in Germany fined up to 5 million euros. Germany already has some of the world's toughest hate speech laws covering defamation, slander, public incitement to commit crimes and threats of violence, backed up by prison sentences for Holocaust denial or inciting hatred against minorities. It now aims to update these rules for the social media age.

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Re:This is a wise move

[sabri]

Also, start jailing their execs if they do nothing about it.

How about you keep your Nazi hands out of American companies? It's the internet bro, and the Germans don't control American internet sites.

If I want to post that Angela Merkel is, in my opinion, a politician who destroys Europe, and that I would not be sad if someone would assasinate her, then that is my opinion which I am entitled to have and speak out, in the jurisdiction that I am currently living in and posting from. German law has NOTHING to do with that. So why should Mark Zuckerberg be jailed?

F German Law, and F the EUSSR.

Re:This is a wise move

[elrous0]

Oh, and I almost forgot:

HATE SPEECH: Waving a German flag
NOT HATE SPEECH: Waving a Turkish flag