Google, Facebook, Twitter team up with German government to censor unpopular speech dubbed ‘hate speech’
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Friday, December 18, 2015
The big tech companies that have cornered the search and media markets now want to corner the market on permissible speech – that is, speech their CEOs and founders decide is acceptable – while working to ban that which they have dubbed objectionable. What’s ironic is that the companies planning this upcoming assault on free speech were born and bred in the U.S.A.
As reported by Breitbart News, Facebook, Twitter and Google have decided to act as force multipliers for German law enforcement authorities, agreeing to delete “hate speech” within 24 hours, in what many view as a last-ditch push to silence all public dissent over the massive wave of Syrian refugee migration into Europe’s economic and geographic heartland.
As further noted by The Associated Press:
“In a joint statement Tuesday, the Justice Ministry and the three companies said that it will become easier for users and anti-racism groups to flag hate speech.
“The content will be examined by specialist teams and removed within a day if possible.
“Justice Minister Heiko Maas said the measures weren’t intended to curtail free speech but rather to ensure German law is applied online.
“Germany has strict laws against incitement to racial hatred, a reaction to the country’s Nazi past.”
The way of the authoritarian
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