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Re:In Germany, online hate speech has real world consequences by elgenie on Sunday January 14, 2018 @09:26AM (#16144355)
"Volksverhetzung" is a compound word with two roots: "Volks" (the people) + "Verhetzung" (manipulation) and the official translation of the criminal code is "Incitement to hatred" [1], rather than the "instigation of the people/masses" that a naive translation would imply.

[1] http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stg...

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Re:In Germany, online hate speech has real world consequences by falsprofet on Sunday January 14, 2018 @11:14AM (#16144830)
Which is a rather rough translation, as its missing the relation to Volk. Which is tricky to translate, but nevertheless detailed in the law and officially translated: "... hatred against a national, racial, religious group or a group defined by their ethnic origins, against ...".
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