Germany Starts Enforcing Hate Speech Law (bbc.com)

Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material. From a report: Sites that do not remove "obviously illegal" posts could face fines of up to 50m euro ($60m). The law gives the networks 24 hours to act after they have been told about law-breaking material. Social networks and media sites with more than two million members will fall under the law's provisions. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will be the law's main focus but it is also likely to be applied to Reddit, Tumblr and Russian social network VK. Other sites such as Vimeo and Flickr could also be caught up in its provisions.

Comments

Re:Those who forget history...

[Anonymous Coward]

Those who forget history are actually dumasses like you, those who would do nothing as the next fuerer tries to rise, building his armies out of the guillible and weak-minded by brainwashing them with his hate-filled propaganda, spread unhindered through the modern information networks, just like Hitler did with the media of the time, also unhindered.

So yeah, those of us who actually have a clue, the sixty-some+ year-olds who've either lived or witnessed the horrors of war and genocide are going to do their damnest so that clueless free-speech-flag waiving little millenials like you never have to live through this hell.

You're welcome.

Re:Hate speech is free speech

[PPH]

Hitler did nothing wrong.

Yes he did. He delayed the unification of Europe under German rule by about 50 years.