Internet free speech being crushed in Germany | Eastern NC Now

After all, Germany WAS the home of Josef Goebbels, and after all, its current chancellor Angela Merkel cut her political teeth in the youth wing of East Germany's Communist Party, where she headed its "agit-prop" wing.  But even so, two recent attacks on free speech on the internet in Germany are a frightening reminder of the country's past.

First it was Facebook flacking for the Merkel government and removing Querdenken, a major German anti-lockdown organization that has been holding huge protests all over Germany against Merkel's lockdowns, including removal of 150 pages and groups associated with Querdenken.  Facebook said it's action was based on their new Orwellian-sounding "coordinated social harm" policy.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/facebook-deletes-german-anti-lockdown-groups-new-censorship-rules-go-effect

Now, the Merkel government has demanded that free speech social media platform Gab institute censorship in line with the German government's demands or it will impose huge fines on the platform.  Gab is likely to have to leave the German market according to its CEO because it will not tolerate government censorship as Merkel demands.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/09/18/free-speech-platform-gab-may-be-forced-out-of-germany/

Josef Goebbels must be grinning ear to ear sitting in the flames down below.