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by isolli 440 days ago
German politicians are known for lodging countless complaints for the slightest insults online. [0]

The 60 minutes segment was also quite revealing of the (in my opinion, poor) state of free speech in Germany. [1]

As Bill Maher said, "Germany is so afraid to look like their Nazi past, that they're knocking on people's doors, taking people's phones and computers if you insult people online."

[0] https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/gewalt-gegen-poli...

[1] https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1891282394440732787