When the demand for Nazis outstrips supply: German government runs hundreds of right-wing extremist social media accounts - Kotaku In Action 2

When the demand for Nazis outstrips supply: German government runs hundreds of right-wing extremist social media accounts (jungefreiheit-de.translate.goog)

posted 2 years ago by Lurker404 2 years ago by Lurker404 +36 / -0

Verfassungsschutz betreibt hunderte rechtsextreme Fake-Accounts selbst

Hunderte vermeintlich rechtsextreme Profile in den sozialen Medien betreibt der Verfassungsschutz selbst. Die Agenten, die mit Steuergeldern bezahlt werden, dürfen mitunter auch Straftaten wie „Volksverhetzungen“ begehen.

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– Lurker404 [S] 26 points 2 years ago +26 / -0

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tl;dr: The German government runs hundreds of right-wing extremist social media accounts to monitor and entrap people. They regularly violate the law while posting online.

There are so many government organizations doing this that they have to coordinate with each other so they don't accidentally prosecute themselves.

The German "constitution protection agency" has a history of creating much of the right-wing extremism that they're supposed to fight themselves. In the past the government tried to prohibit a small party (NPD) but the courts could not distinguish between crimes committed by the many government infiltrators and legitimate party members.