Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that the
decision by social media giants to permanently suspend Donald Trump's accounts
is problematic because freedom of opinion should not be determined by such
online platform bosses, her spokesman said Monday.
With growing dangers from far-right extremist groups and torrents of threats against politicians, Germany is set to toughen
online speech laws and tighten the screws on social networks.
US President Donald Trump doubled down on Tuesday on the false assertion that immigration is driving up crime in
Germany, casting doubt on the country's official statistics.
Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to fire off two tweets about the âtenuousâ state of politics in Germany. Not for the first time, he showed his ignorance of developments in German society.
Germany lurched into a brief panic on Friday as several media outlets fell for a satirical tweet that claimed Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition had collapsed in a bitter row over immigration.
A leading politician from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party warned Monday that Facebook's dominance
makes competition "impossible", joining a broadside against the social network from Berlin.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Monday formally cautioned one of its lawmakers over a tweet calling
tennis star Boris Becker's son a "little half-negro".
Germany's justice minister fell victim to the rules he himself championed against online social media when one of his tweets was deleted following several complaints, Bild daily reported on Monday. Critics accuse the new law of stifling freedom of speech.
On January 1st the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (network enforcement act) came into force. Germans are furiously debating whether it is a necessary tool against hate speech or a form of censorship.
Noah Becker, son of German former tennis star Boris Becker, plans to press charges against a deputy from the far-right AfD party who called him a "little half-negro" on Twitter, Bild daily reported
Thursday.
One of Germanyâs most venerable universities is considering the future of a law professor who tweeted solidarity with Polish white nationalists. While the university says it objects to xenophobia, the professor called the accusation of racism 'ridiculous.'
A Berlin artist is drumming up debate about hate speech and censorship by spray-painting offensive tweets outside the doors of Twitterâs German headquarters.
After a shooting at an S-Bahn station near Munich left a policewoman in critical condition, a Pirate Party politician's offensive tweet has caused shock and outcry.
When a man drove a car into a group of pedestrians on Saturday, Twitter trolls demanded to know why police werenât talking about his ethnicity. Cue a tirade from police on proper rules of investigation.
The office of Chancellor Angela Merkelâs CDU party mate Bettina Kudla was attacked after she posted a controversial tweet using a Nazi-invented term.
Statistics show that unlike other industrial nations, more highly-educated Germans avoid social networks than people with little or no education. The Local uncovers the facts behind the figures.
Germany announced a deal Tuesday with social network giants Facebook, Twitter and Google to clamp down on hate speech, with the Internet companies pledging to remove offending posts within 24 hours.
German teen magazine BRAVO sparked outrage across the internet this week after publishing a "sexist" and "outdated" list of flirting tips for young girls.
Former Ivy League professor of German Eric Jarosinski has become a Twitter phenomenon developing a huge social media following thanks in no small part to saying no in German.
Chancellor Angela Merkel described the internet as âvirgin territoryâ during a press conference with President Obama on Wednesday, prompting Twitter to explode with mockery about her recent discovery of a brave new online world.
A woman travelling on a Berlin train on Saturday night took to Twitter to document in real time the behaviour of four men who, she says, were sexually harassing her. The incident has re-sparked a debate about sexism in Germany.
Germany's struggling Free Democratic Party (FDP) have suggested a sudden surge of Twitter followers was because their initials stood for the obscenity "son of a bitch" in Portuguese - and not because they had paid for them.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly has no plans to open a personal Twitter account, despite a looming election and her notorious affinity for sending text messages with her mobile phone.
