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Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by tmalsburg2 on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:51AM (#14670099)
> The public discussion is seriously skewed and lacking the moderate against side.

There is no law in Germany preventing you from voicing your opinion against immigration. We're talking about legally enforced censorship not about media bias. Having said that, I do agree with many things you say, I just think they are not directly relevant to the discussion.

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Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by zmb_ on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:56AM (#14670122)
> There is no law in Germany preventing you from voicing your opinion against immigration.

Could you please read my second paragraph. I'm aware the is no law against voicing my opinion on immigration (I'm not against immigration, I'm an immigrant myself). However, I am absolutely not going to publicly voice my opinions because I do not want to risk someone interpreting some part of my point out of context and investigating me for hate speech.

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Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by tmalsburg2 on Friday June 30, 2017 @08:06AM (#14670171)
I don't see your point. Are you saying that such a law would necessarily be abused by the government to harass you? That seems like a strong assumption and a poor reason again introducing a law which, if interpreted sincerely, is reasonable. Your argument could also be used again a lot of other laws and when taken to the extreme the only solution would be anarchy.
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