WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? New German government wants to ban ‘lies.’
The new German government coalition, which is likely to be the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) is looking to ban “lies,” according to a working paper that emerged from the group “culture and media” between the two parties.
Bild newspaper received a copy of the working paper, which outlines the goal of combating “fake” news on social media, including restrictions on it.
The paper from the CDU and SPD indicates that “disinformation and fake news” threaten democracy.
In fact, the paper argues that freedom of expression does not apply in such circumstances.
Bild contacted a number of constitutional lawyers, and they are highly skeptical of the law.
At least German universities aren’t on board with censorship, unlike too many of ours.