Telegram now censoring channels in Germany for “violating local laws”

Re:Telegram now censoring channels in Germany for “violating... by pessimizer on Thursday February 10, 2022 @11:45AM (#30288827)

But there are many banned named groups. Germany is not unique in this. That's a thing foreign to the US that Americans may not understand, which is why I mentioned it. I can start a group called the "Destroy The Government Now Neo-Nazis" in the US with no fear that it will ever be banned.

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Re:Telegram now censoring channels in Germany for “violating... by dragonwriter on Thursday February 10, 2022 @11:48AM (#30288880)

> I can start a group called the "Destroy The Government Now Neo-Nazis" in the US with no fear that it will ever be banned.

Gang injunctions (sufficiently, but not exclusively) prove that this is not true.

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Re:Telegram now censoring channels in Germany for “violating... by hedora on Thursday February 10, 2022 @12:18PM (#30289387)

Neo-Nazis are good white Christian folks. Domestic terrorism and gang laws don't apply to them.

(I wish I was joking.)

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Re:Telegram now censoring channels in Germany for “violating... by dragonwriter on Thursday February 10, 2022 @12:21PM (#30289440)

“The US is structurally sympathetic to Neo-Nazis” is a different, and more difficult to refute, argument than “the US doesn't ban groups”.

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Re:Telegram now censoring channels in Germany for “violating... by cft on Thursday February 10, 2022 @11:53AM (#30288951)

A group like that won't stay up a day on a FAANG platform

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