'Inside the Dystopian World of Germany's Free Speech Crackdown'

‘深入德国打压言论自由的反乌托邦世界’

来源: yahoo.com | 主题: EU | 评论: 5

时间: on Sunday July 26, 2026 @09:34PM

Thousands of Germans have been threatened with fines or prison sentences for social media posts, reports The Telegraph , calling the country's political speech laws "unusually stringent for an EU member state." One German had his home raided for calling a minister a "Schwachkopf [dummy]" while another was fined €2,000 (£1,700) for calling Friedrich Merz a "lying Fritz" under a law that, critics claim, makes it effectively illegal to make fun of politicians. The number of investigations under Section 86a, the Nazi symbols ban... has more than doubled over the past decade according to official police statistics. Investigations into the "political insult" law also reached record levels in 2025. The surge in cases is so vast that the UN has launched an investigation into free speech violations

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