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by kybernetyk 3810 days ago
About 10 years ago I've been running a popular German blog with a lively comments/discussion area. It didn't take long till the police showed up and took the server hard drives.

To my misfortune the procurator in charge didn't know much about how blogs worked so not only did the police confiscate the server drives but also my private computer.

Turns out someone liked Hitler too much and some other user notified the police.

Since then I haven't hosted anything in Germany. It's just too much trouble because German law regarding insults/forbidden symbols/hate speech is very strict. Policing user comments on a popular site would be a full time job.