Thursday, January 04, 2018

AfD politician ′censored′ under new German hate speech law for anti-Muslim tweet | News | DW | 02.01.2018

AfD politician ′censored′ under new German hate speech law for anti-Muslim tweet |
 News | DW | 02.01.2018:
"Beatrix von Storch, a leading figure in the Alternative for Germany party, is one of the first hit by new hate speech laws on social media. 
Critics say the legislation opens the way for censorship by internet companies.
A top lawmaker from the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was blocked from Twitter and Facebook on Monday after slamming the Cologne police for sending a New Year's tweet in Arabic...
The Cologne police tweeted New Year's greetings and linked to information on celebrating safely in a series of messages in German and other languages, including Arabic. Cologne was the scene two years ago of mass sexual assaults on New Year's Eve in which most of the suspects were described as young men of North African and Arab origin. 



  
تتمنى الشرطة في كولن لجميع الناس في منطقة كولن وليفركوزن والمدن الأخرى إحتفالاً سعيداً بعام 2018 الجديد.
http://url.nrw/silvester2017 رأس السنة 2017 ـ لمزيد المعلومات: #
"What the hell is happening in this country? Why is an official police site tweeting in Arabic? 
Do you think it is to appease the barbaric, gang-raping hordes of Muslim men?" wrote Beatrix von Storch, the deputy leader of the AfD's parliamentary group..."
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