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German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 04:15PM
#The Authoritarianism Times
German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/german-official-53m-fines-social-media-hate-posts-46114135
Germany's justice minister is proposing fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 million) for social networking sites that fail to swiftly remove illegal content, such as hate speech or defamatory "fake news."
The plan announced Tuesday marks a further step in Germany's attempt to impose its strict domestic laws against incitement on the free-wheeling world of online chatter.
Justice Minister Heiko Maas, a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party, said social media companies had already taken voluntary steps to crack down on hate crimes that have resulted in improvements.
"This isn't sufficient yet," Maas said, citing research that he said showed Twitter deletes just 1 percent of illegal content flagged by users, while Facebook deletes 39 percent.
The proposal would require companies to provide a round-the-clock service for users to flag illegal content, which would have to be removed by the site within seven days. All copies of the content would also have to be deleted and social media companies would need to publish a quarterly report detailing how they have dealt with such material.
Sites would also have to nominate a person responsible for handling complaints, who could face fines of up to 5 million euros personally if the company fails to abide by mandatory standards.
Maas said the measures, which will become part of a bill to be put before Parliament, wouldn't restrict freedom of speech that already exists in Germany and there were no plans to create a "truth commission" against so-called fake news.
But he noted that fake news could constitute illegal content "if it constitutes slander, defamation or libel."
Facebook said it would examine the proposal. "We have clear rules against hate speech and are working hard to remove such content from our platform," the company said in a statement, adding it was working with the government to tackle the issue.
However, Facebook said tests it commissioned showed higher rates of removal than those cited by Maas. Facebook also said it had taken measures to train staff in how to deal with the legal situation in Germany and expects to have 700 people in Berlin examining flagged content by the end of the year.
Twitter declined to comment directly on the proposal, but noted that it had taken a number of measures in recent months designed to prevent abuse and allow users to filter unwanted content.
Germany poses a particular problem for U.S.-owned social networking sites accustomed to American standards of free speech. Due to its Nazi past, Germany bans public Holocaust denial and any overt promotion of racism. The issue has come to the fore amid the recent influx of migrants to Germany, which has sparked a backlash among some Germans including a rise in online vitriol.
Robert Singer, the chief executive of the World Jewish Congress, praised the Maas proposal.
"The internet is awash with hateful content, a lot of which is incitement to hatred and violence. Currently, it often takes providers far too long to remove or block such content," he said. "It's important that the internet companies and politicians take this problem seriously, and we commend Germany for taking the lead on this.
The proposal won't affect media outlets already covered by other German laws, said Philip Scholz, a Justice Ministry spokesman. A bill could go before lawmakers ahead of Germany's general election in September, though such a timetable was "ambitious," he said.
German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/german-official-53m-fines-social-media-hate-posts-46114135
Germany's justice minister is proposing fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 million) for social networking sites that fail to swiftly remove illegal content, such as hate speech or defamatory "fake news."
The plan announced Tuesday marks a further step in Germany's attempt to impose its strict domestic laws against incitement on the free-wheeling world of online chatter.
Justice Minister Heiko Maas, a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party, said social media companies had already taken voluntary steps to crack down on hate crimes that have resulted in improvements.
"This isn't sufficient yet," Maas said, citing research that he said showed Twitter deletes just 1 percent of illegal content flagged by users, while Facebook deletes 39 percent.
The proposal would require companies to provide a round-the-clock service for users to flag illegal content, which would have to be removed by the site within seven days. All copies of the content would also have to be deleted and social media companies would need to publish a quarterly report detailing how they have dealt with such material.
Sites would also have to nominate a person responsible for handling complaints, who could face fines of up to 5 million euros personally if the company fails to abide by mandatory standards.
Maas said the measures, which will become part of a bill to be put before Parliament, wouldn't restrict freedom of speech that already exists in Germany and there were no plans to create a "truth commission" against so-called fake news.
But he noted that fake news could constitute illegal content "if it constitutes slander, defamation or libel."
Facebook said it would examine the proposal. "We have clear rules against hate speech and are working hard to remove such content from our platform," the company said in a statement, adding it was working with the government to tackle the issue.
However, Facebook said tests it commissioned showed higher rates of removal than those cited by Maas. Facebook also said it had taken measures to train staff in how to deal with the legal situation in Germany and expects to have 700 people in Berlin examining flagged content by the end of the year.
Twitter declined to comment directly on the proposal, but noted that it had taken a number of measures in recent months designed to prevent abuse and allow users to filter unwanted content.
Germany poses a particular problem for U.S.-owned social networking sites accustomed to American standards of free speech. Due to its Nazi past, Germany bans public Holocaust denial and any overt promotion of racism. The issue has come to the fore amid the recent influx of migrants to Germany, which has sparked a backlash among some Germans including a rise in online vitriol.
Robert Singer, the chief executive of the World Jewish Congress, praised the Maas proposal.
"The internet is awash with hateful content, a lot of which is incitement to hatred and violence. Currently, it often takes providers far too long to remove or block such content," he said. "It's important that the internet companies and politicians take this problem seriously, and we commend Germany for taking the lead on this.
The proposal won't affect media outlets already covered by other German laws, said Philip Scholz, a Justice Ministry spokesman. A bill could go before lawmakers ahead of Germany's general election in September, though such a timetable was "ambitious," he said.
Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 05:48PM
Germany has been attacking USA information technology infrastructure, as well as it's machines, for decades.
First they will have to resolve the multi-trillion dollar loss lawsuits for that.
Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 05:52PM
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Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 05:53PM
^^ hacked by germans, chinese, and russians, and others who you can assume are fake emails and non-existing people
result: apple (microsoft too) is having to deal with their crap
result: apple (microsoft too) is having to deal with their crap
Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 05:54PM
that wasn't a joke Germany, and your fucking embassador family poisoned me - there are witnesses
Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 06:03PM
germany says their telecom (Novell Networks) own ALL of USA's telecoms industries: Verizon, ma Bell, AT&T
germany "bought" Sun Pro - who owes a shitload on returned meters (warrantee). USA judges should never have allowed: because USA citizens cannot sue a foreign country (or company within) to service a warrantee ... because ultimately they will effectively use borders to dodge court
(you see? they took on "known liability" because they had every intent of breaking the laws)
GERMANY PUT IN PHONY TECHNOLOGY INTO THEIR AUTOMOBILES CHIPSETS TO FOOL VIRGINIA'S EMISSIONS STATE INSPECTIONS
many germans work continually with china to overthrow Intel, Motorola, Atari, Apple, Microsoft, et al.
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lately, germany, is another I-Ran as far as USA is concerned
germany "bought" Sun Pro - who owes a shitload on returned meters (warrantee). USA judges should never have allowed: because USA citizens cannot sue a foreign country (or company within) to service a warrantee ... because ultimately they will effectively use borders to dodge court
(you see? they took on "known liability" because they had every intent of breaking the laws)
GERMANY PUT IN PHONY TECHNOLOGY INTO THEIR AUTOMOBILES CHIPSETS TO FOOL VIRGINIA'S EMISSIONS STATE INSPECTIONS
many germans work continually with china to overthrow Intel, Motorola, Atari, Apple, Microsoft, et al.
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lately, germany, is another I-Ran as far as USA is concerned
Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 06:11PM
they continually get "control" of Linux (and BSD) forums and terrorize users. they hack the wares and tell users to upgrade to fix (which leads to more problems, and due to 'dependancy attack programming' the simpletons have no way back to where they came from - forced upgrade but also their code never compiles without significant modification: ie they never release the 'real source' though they advertise they did)
They blame users and deny malware users have highlighted (things germans recently broke they want restored - germans always "get" the gpg keys to keep in control of being "the master" of updating others, and chinese and russia help them do it).
They blame users and deny malware users have highlighted (things germans recently broke they want restored - germans always "get" the gpg keys to keep in control of being "the master" of updating others, and chinese and russia help them do it).
Germans are expert at online fraud and HATE CRIMES.
They then mark the questions as "Problem solved", and IP attack and IP block any users who seem to be enlightened as to what they are doing to the USA.
They never ever admit fault but always they progress in: stealing code, replacing stolen code with malware that breaks unix (or other) standards, insuring the code is a bitch to compile.
Often they get the keys to do this by someone who is told "that they will do free internationalization"
WHICH IS WHY SOCIAL SITES LIKE FACEBOOK SHOULD SHUT THE DOOR HARD IN THE GERMAN'S FACES
Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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mppDe
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Date: March 14, 2017 06:12PM
^^ the Germans are seeking to moderate, to moderate there will be "authorization needed", authorization that Germans will come to have all the keys for, whala, they control trump's tweets and send depressing automated messages to anyone who's not german
Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 06:19PM
YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM THIS ACTION. YOUR IP HAS BEEN BANNED FOREVER.
Sorry Mark - you shouldn't have listened to foreigners demanding you upgrade your authorization schemes - I told you so.
Re: German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts ! these are fascists folks! #The Authoritarianism Times
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Date: March 14, 2017 07:47PM
I have a friend who lives near Stockholm, Sweden. She is afraid of the Muslims.
And, she is afraid of her own government, who will prosecute her for telling her opinion on how the Muslims are destroying Swedish society.
The Liberal/Progressive/Communist/Socialists are all into the Muslims invading the West.
But, us Westerners are tired of women wearing Hijabs. That is proof that the women are oppressed in Muslim society.
And, all you Liberal animal lovers, MUSLIMS hate dogs. They enjoy torturing dogs.
So, think where you stand, and where you sit. Hopefully far away from these dog-hating Muslim shit-stains.
And, she is afraid of her own government, who will prosecute her for telling her opinion on how the Muslims are destroying Swedish society.
The Liberal/Progressive/Communist/Socialists are all into the Muslims invading the West.
But, us Westerners are tired of women wearing Hijabs. That is proof that the women are oppressed in Muslim society.
And, all you Liberal animal lovers, MUSLIMS hate dogs. They enjoy torturing dogs.
So, think where you stand, and where you sit. Hopefully far away from these dog-hating Muslim shit-stains.