internationally renowned anti-Semitism expert Monika Schwarz-Friesel has found that the amount of German anti-Semitic content on the internet has grown massively in the last 10 … Jew-hatred on the web has risen 22% in a decadeRead more
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Posted inCensorship / Facebook / News
Facebook’s Censorship in Germany
Marlene Weise was banned from Facebook for 30 days, for posting a set of two pictures: One showed the Iranian women’s national volleyball team from … Facebook’s Censorship in GermanyRead more
Posted inNews / Surveillance
Court Says German Intelligence Agency Can No Longer Hoard Billions Of Metadata Records
A two-year legal battle of German intelligence agency metadata collections has ended. And the German Federal Intelligence (BND) agency has lost. BND collects over 11 … Court Says German Intelligence Agency Can No Longer Hoard Billions Of Metadata RecordsRead more
Posted inCIA / ToMl / Torture / USA Empire
Gina Haspel, Faces Possible Arrest Warrant in Germany over Torture
the latest shake-up in the Trump administration. On Tuesday morning, President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter. In the same tweet, the … Gina Haspel, Faces Possible Arrest Warrant in Germany over TortureRead more
Posted inCensorship / Israel Nazi / ToMl
Censored from Talking About Israel In Germany
I arrived in Germany formally invited by members of a political party to speak about my reporting during the Gaza war. I left the country … Censored from Talking About Israel In GermanyRead more
Posted inNazi / ToMl
How former Nazi official Reinhard Gehlen erected a state within a state in post-war Germany
Over 100,000 pages of documents relating to the post-World War II former head of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) Reinhard Gehlen (1902-1979) have been … How former Nazi official Reinhard Gehlen erected a state within a state in post-war GermanyRead more
Posted inJournalism / Surveillance
German court rules against foreign intelligence mass communication surveillance
Germany’s foreign intelligence agency (BND) must not store the metadata – such as phone numbers – of international phone calls for the purpose of intelligence … German court rules against foreign intelligence mass communication surveillanceRead more
Posted inNews / Poverty
Poverty in Germany reaches new record high
The welfare organisation Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband presented its latest report on poverty in Germany at the beginning of March. According to this study, poverty in Germany … Poverty in Germany reaches new record highRead more
Posted inMilitary / News / Protest / USA Empire
Thousands Protest U.S. Drone War at Ramstein Air Base
In Germany, thousands of people formed a human chain around a U.S. Air Force base to protest the U.S. drone wars. Ramstein Air Base hosts … Thousands Protest U.S. Drone War at Ramstein Air BaseRead more
Posted inBicycle / News / Transportation
Germany gives green light to bicycle highways
As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle highway that is set … Germany gives green light to bicycle highwaysRead more