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Germany's crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech and events has also impacted anti-war Jewish activists and vigils organized by Jewish groups. [55] On 14 May and 1 July 2024, Björn Höcke, the leader of the AfD in Thuringia was fined by a courts for using the Nazi slogan "Everything for Germany". [56] [57] [58] [59]
Internet censorship in Germany is practised directly and indirectly through various laws and court decisions. [1] German law provides for freedom of speech and press with several exceptions, including what The Guardian has called "some of the world's toughest laws around hate speech ". [ 2 ]
The law has been criticised both locally and internationally by politicians, human rights groups, journalists and academics for incentivising social media platforms to pre-emptively censor valid and lawful expression, and making them the arbiter of what constitutes free expression and curtailing freedom of speech in Germany.
The Federal Republic of Germany guarantees freedom of speech, expression, and opinion to its citizens as per Article 5 of the constitution.Despite this, censorship of various materials has taken place since the Allied occupation after World War II and continues to take place in Germany in various forms due to a limiting provision in Article 5, Paragraph 2 of the constitution.
(The Center Square) – Free speech and academic freedom continue to be a top concern for faculty at the University of Michigan, a recent survey found. The "Silence in the Classroom: The 2024 FIRE ...
Freedom House (FH) Freedom of the Press report: [1] 10 is most free, 99 is least free 10 to 30 Free 31 to 60 Partly free 61 to 99 Not free — Not rated Reporters Without Borders (RWB) Press freedom index: [2] 6 is most free, 85 is least free 6.00 to 12.99 Good situation 13.00 to 24.99 Satisfactory situation 25.00 to 36.49 Noticeable problems
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany's parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing an early national ...