Legal chaos for digital censorship: Freedom of expression in danger!

Legal chaos for digital censorship: Freedom of expression in danger!

Deutschland - The debate about the freedom of the Internet takes on explosive forms! With the "digital service act", the EU switches internet content to red and explains the fight against hate online. But what sounds like a just -reached blow against harmful content sees critics as an attack on a fundamental right: Freedom of expression! The appearance that hatred, the wrongly denounces, is classified as illegally, lets the mind boil.

Particularly explosive: The Federal Network Agency proudly announced that it can remove content without bureaucratic hurdles. This opens the door for deleting even from legal content! Unveiling journalist Julian Reichelt warns that such measures could lead to censorship of uncomfortable truths. Even Government representatives row back and emphasize that only illegal content should be removed from the platforms. A clever tactic or a game with the fire?

a dangerous game with the truth

But where does the exaggerated caution end and where does the free ticket start to delete? The media giant ARD jumps into the discussion and explains that hate speeches and fake news are not punishable per se, but could certainly fulfill other criminal offenses such as defamation or threat. Critics describe this as an attempt to suppress legitimate criticism through manipulation and to disguise the truth.

A new player in the game of the inspection is the so -called "reporting office". This should act as a public prosecutor and court in order to delete presumably punishable content without legal proceedings. A parallel justice in the name of security? Lawyer Ansgar Neuhof warns of this development and sees nothing less than an attack on the rule of law. According to Neuhof, the Federal Network Agency seals such decisions, which makes a new censorship system clear.

freedom in the crosshair

These developments are far from the maintenance of freedom of expression and indicate a gradual conversion of the fundamental right into totalitarian conditions! Who are the real winners of these digital battles? What is certain is that the large platforms are obliged to judge in the quick procedure about content, a responsibility that you cannot do without further ado.

The clock ticks, while citizen initiatives, journalists and politicians ask themselves how far censorship can go in the name of security. Because one thing is clear: the discussion is not only a competition for control of the digital space, but also a struggle for the fundamental values of our society.