German politician threatens to fine Facebook €500,000 every time it shows fake news

(Not sure if this has been posted. Couldn't find a thread mentioning this)

German politician threatens to fine Facebook €500,000 every time it shows fake news


by Cara McGoogan

19 December 2016 • 10:49am

Germany has threatened to crack down on the fake news scandal plaguing Facebook by levying hefty fines for posts that aren't removed immediately amid mounting fears that disinformation could influence the country's upcoming elections.
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Thomas Opperman, the chief of the Social Democrat Party, a junior partner in Germany's coalition government, said it would introduce a bill next year to target the problem on the social network.
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Thomas Opperman, the chief of the Social Democrat Party, a junior partner in Germany's coalition government, said it would introduce a bill next year to target the problem on the social network.
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www.telegraph.co.uk...

Humm, how interesting that it was a month ago that the German authorities were saying they wanted to deal with "hate-speech" from Facebook in their attempt to stop all speech that would mention the problems brought in by the amount of Muslim immigrants who are not being vetted, yet the open policy is allowing millions of such refugees enter all of Europe, not just Germany, and which has caused a lot of problems and crimes.

How Germany Is Dealing With Its Facebook Hate-Speech Problem
By Ben Crair
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The anti-refugee sentiment that Jun wanted to extinguish has exploded after ISIS’s attack on Paris, not just in Europe but in the United States as well. Xenophobia has concentrated especially on social media, where like-minded people from violent radicals to mainstream nationalists can coordinate, share, and exchange ideas. Most people in the U.S., with its relatively weak state and strong free speech traditions, seem willing to give companies like Facebook a pass. Hate is, in this case, the cost of doing business. But Germany has seen the worst excesses of both populist nationalism and state repression, and is ill-inclined to shrug its shoulders at either hate speech or privacy violations. Instead, it’s taking an aggressive approach, weighing speech and privacy rights against the horrible legacy of the 20th century as it tries to force Facebook to take responsibility for the ugliness on its servers.
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nymag.com...

Since when it is okay to use the slurs some people post on public media to stop all speech that would discuss the problems being brought to western nations by having an open border policy allowing Muslim immigrants who are not being vetted into western societies?

Even the social democratic party in Germany want what they call "fake news" to be stopped. Yet we know for a fact that German authorities have tried to hide the crimes made by waves of Muslim immigrants that have not been vetted in Germany, and Europe in general.

German authorities have gone so far as blaming "whites" in Germany.

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Yet under the guise of "multiculturalism" a new fascist regime has been rising in Germany. But this time by blaming all whites and allowing "multiculturalism" even if it causes increases in crimes, and terrorist acts.

History does seem to be repeating itself. But this time the roles are reversed.

a reply to: ElectricUniverse

Half a million, that's a drop in the bucket to facebook. He should do it, FB needs to be dismantled it's a plague to humanity.

a reply to: ElectricUniverse

Oh Well , there go the Facebook LINKS to CNN , MSNBC , CBS , ABC , ...Etc .

Was wondering when someone would post this.

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That thumbdrive had the missing Hillary server emails, as revealed in the Podesta WikiLeaks dumps.

a reply to: ScreamingNinjas

If it is done in one social media it will be done to all social media, and in this manner all information can be controlled by the globalists.

originally posted by: Zanti Misfit
a reply to: ElectricUniverse

Oh Well , there go the Facebook LINKS to CNN , MSNBC , CBS , ABC , ...Etc .

Only they get to decide what is really fake news, so you may as well turn on CNN and find out what is real and what is fake

he would probably make more money if he included the MSM in that paying a fine thing.

a reply to: ElectricUniverse

I think this is the thing the HAS to be done.

Until these major media organization are financially 'punished' for lying to the general population ...

originally posted by: Snarl
a reply to: ElectricUniverse

I think this is the thing the HAS to be done.

Until these major media organization are financially 'punished' for lying to the general population ...

But ATS is deemed fake news as well so...... you see where that can lead i am sure right?

I say FB just says screw you germany. no FB for you anymore.

a reply to: ElectricUniverse

I don't think they can control it...
not without taking out much of the interaction that takes place on the internet..
they'd have to go through the posts constantly, looking at every page available since, you really can't search graphics too well, or videos, just the titles and filenames.
it's next to impossible.

originally posted by: yuppa
But ATS is deemed fake news as well so...... you see where that can lead i am sure right?

The banning of our local SJWs? LOL

I've actually made a list of them ... and do not engage them on this site beyond casual discourse.

Top ten country in gdp that is the most recent to deal with totalitarianism is leading the western world in "open mindedness" screwed themselves and is now going to adopt speech and privacy restrictions after the rest of us are bitching about them.


The irony.

europe has grown weak and have forgotten how nations, peoples and cultures are destroyed through mass immigration, they seem to think that just because america has succeeded with creating a working multicultural society that can handle immigration without much of an issue, that they can too; yet they don't understand why we have had so much success.

i'll tell you how, it's because we don't help immigrants and we expect them to adapt and work for their own place in society or get out and go back home, we don't shelter them like caged animals and pretend we care, work or gtfo is our way.

hiding reality, ignoring issues and acting like you care towards those who resent your patronizing kindness is what invites destruction.

originally posted by: Konduit

HEy Kon, I hope this turns out to be a double-edger... and we
can fine the government 500 grand for WRITING fake news.
Per network dump. Yeah. They'll bring Smith-Mundt back to
the US in a second like the UN bad air bills.
"We can't do that chemtrailing stuff, the UN said it's illegal."

Beat me to it, Tardacus. And it looked like a monster cash cow.

The transition from forums to blogs is finalized with this "fake news" thing. It's not about TPB or some junk like that. It's moving from antenna TV to cable.

That's what this is, that's to me what this is. It's important to the people with big technology and entertainment stakes that people just consume data, not exchange it.

It's sad. But it's also sites like this one that have thrown fuel into the fire. It's not blame, it should have been allowed. But we should have known better.

originally posted by: TheBlackTiger
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It's sad. But it's also sites like this one that have thrown fuel into the fire. It's not blame, it should have been allowed. But we should have known better.

Is it when many of those "left-wing" sites have been caught posting false information themselves? You rather blame people the freedom of speech to be able to talk about any event, instead of blaming the left-wing authoritarians using this as an excuse to control information?... That makes no sense.

a reply to: ElectricUniverse

Never mind letting an endless flow of terrorists into their country. Lets worry about banning free speech instead. What a useful idiot.

Internet cannot be stopped, other sites will replace facebook etc. Fake news is going to be hard on old generation, however new generation can easily distinguish fake from possibly real to real news.

a reply to: ScreamingNinjas

Half a million per article?

Let me tell you, in just a few short hours, depending on the type of traffic, and the geopolitical situation on a given day of the week, that could wind up becoming millions, if not billions per day. How many posts, reposts and shares do you suppose it would take, per hour, for this to start making a hole in the balance sheet? I would give it a week or two before it became ruinously costly.