Vance Vindicated: CBS Follows German Police on Raid over ‘Racist Cartoon’ Posted Online; JD Vance Tears into ‘Orwellian’ Free Speech Criminalization as 60 Minutes Airs Absurd ‘hate speech’ Segment

Vance Vindicated: CBS Follows German Police on Raid over ‘Racist Cartoon’ Posted Online:

American broadcaster CBS followed German police as they raided homes for speech crimes, such as posting a “racist cartoon” on the internet, which prosecutors in the country defended as a supposedly necessary safeguard to protect democracy.

Just days after U.S. Vice President JD Vance lambasted Germany and other European states for failing to live up to Western ideals of liberty, particularly on the issue of free speech, CBS’s 60 Minutes news magazine broadcast footage of police raids over social media posts and interviews with prosecutors defending the draconian practice.

“It’s 6:01 on a Tuesday morning, and we were with state police as they raided this apartment in Northwest Germany. Inside six armed officers searched a suspect’s home, then seized his laptop and cellphone. Prosecutors say those electronics may have been used to commit a crime, the crime; posting a racist cartoon online,” 60 Minutes anchor Sharyn Alfonsi described.

Unlike the United States, where the First Amendment protects citizens from being arrested over so-called “hate speech”, it is a very different story in Germany.

Local prosecutors told the American broadcaster that there are currently 16 dedicated police task forces monitoring “hate speech” on the German web, with around 3,500 cases per year. Prosecutor Frank-Michael Laue told the news programme that his unit alone has successfully secured 750 speech crime convictions over the past four years.

Fellow prosecutor Dr Matthäus Fink said that many of those arrested for online speech crimes believed that their posts were protected free speech, “And we say, ‘No, you have free speech as well, but it is also has its limits.’” —>READ MORE HERE

JD Vance tears into ‘Orwellian’ free speech criminalization as 60 Minutes airs absurd ‘hate speech’ segment:

Vice President JD Vance continued his defense of free speech on Monday, criticizing German prosecutors explaining their efforts to crack down on free speech in Germany.

CBS featured a sympathetic look at the German government efforts to crack down on ‘hate speech’ in an episode of 60 Minutes on Sunday.

German prosecutors explained to the reporter how surprised German citizens are when they are arrested for posting offensive content online, but said it was necessary.

But Vance disagreed.

‘Insulting someone is not a crime, and criminalizing speech is going to put real strain on European-US relationships,’ the vice president said.

The German prosecutors explained that anyone sharing or resharing offensive or hateful content would be prosecuted and fined, seizing their phones, and even jailed.

In recent years, Germany has ramped up their policing on online speech.

But Vance is not a fan.

‘This is Orwellian, and everyone in Europe and the US must reject this lunacy,’ he replied.

The CBS interview featured comments from Josephine Ballon, the CEO of HateAid, who was supporter of the enhanced online speech enforcement.

‘Free speech needs boundaries and in the case of Germany these boundaries are part of our constitution,’ she said. ‘Without boundaries, a very small group of people can rely on endless freedom to say anything that they want, while everyone else is scared and intimidated.’

Vance’s comment drew support from Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, who shared it on X.

‘If this continues Europe is headed for a second Dark Age and the contrast with America’s Golden Age will be made all the more stark,’ she added. ‘Which way western man?’ —>READ MORE HERE

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