[snehk]

People's homes get raided and their belongings get taken away for daring to insult the ruling class or for making fun of them.

[WastedCucumber]

Give us some sources sonst bist du einen Eimer.

[zwnow]

Seems to be about Pimmelgate. Andy Grote to be specific.

[j-krieger]

Someone calling Robert Habeck a dunce. And please, don't counter with that old Spiegel article that has been debunked a million times.

[Voultapher]

https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2024-11/wirtschaftsm...

[tobias3]

This went through the court system and it found that the "raid" was not appropriate and unlawful.

Mistakes happen and get corrected. Doesn't mean there is a systemic issue.

[camillomiller]

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[j-krieger]

They are true though? Someone just had to shell out 16k because he posted that a politician's head was experiencing a drought [1]

[1]: https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/meinungsfreiheit-in-gefah...

[looping__lui]

Well, CBS News dedicated an entire episode on these “propaganda stories”…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-bMzFDpfDwc

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/policing-speech-online-germ...

Germany’s constitution (the Basic Law) does protect freedom of opinion and expression, but it explicitly allows restrictions via “general laws” to protect personal honor, youth, and human dignity.

Recent enforcement shows how this plays out: police raids have targeted individuals posting “hate speech” or “extremist” content online. What constitutes hate speech or extremist content is “conveniently” interpreted at times.