German interior minister Nancy Faeser has called for tough action on hate online after police raids were carried out in all states on Thursday to curtail crime.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must stop the spiral of hatred and violence. The hate that is spread online is the breeding ground for violence,\u2019\u2019 Ms Faeser said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, state and federal police carried out 130 searches and other measures to target people suspected of posting hate speech online.<\/p>\n
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Wiesbaden said some 70 homes were searched, and numerous suspects were questioned.<\/p>\n
Ms Faeser explained that the authorities were taking tough action against Islamist and anti-Semitic hate speech that glorifies the terror of Hamas and denies Israel\u2019s right to exist.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are acting just as decisively against right-wing extremist and anti-democratic hate postings, including vile death threats against public officials and elected representatives in our country,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than half of the hate postings processed could be attributed to the phenomenon of politically motivated crime \u2013 right-wing,\u201d the BKA said earlier.<\/p>\n
BKA officials said that around a third of the cases involved politically motivated offences that could not be clearly attributed to a political movement; some cases also involved imported ideologies and religious ideology.<\/p>\n
The BKA added that criminal postings included incitement to hatred and propaganda offences such as the use of swastikas or other Nazi symbols.<\/p>\n
They also included anti-Semitic statements relating to the Middle East conflict, such as the slogan \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,\u201d the BKA said.<\/p>\n
BKA said that the slogan can be understood as a call for the destruction of Israel, expulsion and extermination of the Jewish population.<\/p>\n
However, posts involving threats and insults to politicians, public officials and elected representatives were also tracked.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn some cases, the threats also include concrete execution scenarios,\u201d the BKA added.<\/p>\n
There has recently been a surge in violent attacks on politicians of all parties during campaigning for the European Parliament elections, which will take place from June 6 to 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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