Facebook Criticizes New German ‘Hate Speech’ Law for Social Media

in firstamendment •  7 years ago  (edited)
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German Justice Minister Heiko Maas disagreed, stating, “This (draft law) sets out binding standards for the way operators of social networks deal with complaints and obliges them to delete criminal content.” He added, “there should be just as little tolerance for criminal rabble rousing on social networks as on the street.”

That sounds reasonable to me