Initially upvoted because it's disturbing, but can anyone corroborate this story? There are no mainstream mentions of this story or this person Thomas Vierhaus, and I am using the word "mainstream" pretty liberally.
The only mention I can find is an all-German article in The Epoch Times, which is far from a mainstream source of news [0].
This is nothing new - Germany has always had pretty "strict" libel laws. Eg there have been "200,827 investigated cases as of 2009" [1].
I think this post comes in light of Europe being seen as curtailing free speech recently. Europe and the US have always had different ideas on the limits of free speech.
The establishment is loosing it and they dislike that reality and like all true left democrats at heart would rather vote for a new citizenry to replace the old.
This offhand remark would likely have disappeared unnoticed if not for a doctoral student who had taken it upon himself to patrol the internet.
The student filled out a criminal complaint form on Göring-Eckardt’s behalf and sent it to her. She signed and forwarded it to the police, setting off the first of several investigations into Vierhaus’s social media activity.
The student had already filed complaints against Vierhaus for allegedly insulting several politicians, including Ricarda Lang, Janine Wissler, and Otto Köhler.
I'd imagine plenty of folks on X or Bluesky would rejoice in this power: avenging imagined wrongs on behalf of their political masters. Lots of illusion and little accountability, perfect for the online mob.
This source is highly dubious. Everything they link is to their own articles, the tone feels "off", and the snippet X post reads to me like any other rage-bait from "facebook groups" that get sent via e-mail by boomers. Reader beware.
I didn't find any court filing (with Ai translation :/), has someone who can read German well enough found some? (also, clearly this website have a huge SEO budget, to be listed as first in any research i've done on this, that's serious money :/)
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 48.6 ms ] threadThe only mention I can find is an all-German article in The Epoch Times, which is far from a mainstream source of news [0].
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times
I think this post comes in light of Europe being seen as curtailing free speech recently. Europe and the US have always had different ideas on the limits of free speech.
[1] https://kellywarnerlaw.com/germany-defamation-laws
This site was also discussed a week ago here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44953549