Re:In Germany, online hate speech has real world consequences
by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Sunday January 14, 2018 @03:59PM
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> It actually isn't. PArking ticket and the like are administrative violations, not criminal.
Which is, as I pointed out elsewhere, a subcategory of criminal law int he broad sense (as opposed to civil law). Yes, Ordnungswidrigkeiten are not Straftaten, but that is not what this discussion is about. Ordnungswidrigkeitenverfahren have the exact same constitutional limitations as Strafverfahren.
> Against who? I have a feeling I'm going to roll my eyes at the answer, though.
Maybe ask someone who claimed that the NetzDG only limits hate speech?
It actually isn't. PArking ticket and the like are administrative violations, not criminal. Admittedly most people are unaware of this distinction; unfortunately that lack of awareness is exploited by, for example, politicians and pundits who describe all undocumented immigrants as criminals, when in fact many of them are in administrative violation and might be deportable but are not guilty of criminal acts or subject to criminal penalties.
So, Titanic was spreading hate speech then?
Against who? I have a feeling I'm going to roll my eyes at the answer, though.