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Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime | 60 Minutes

2025-02-17 News & Politics
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In the U.S., most of what we say online, even if it’s hate filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in Germany, prosecutors and cops police the internet. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the “60 Minutes” YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu Watch full episodes: http://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more “60 Minutes” from “60 Minutes: Overtime”: http://cbsn.ws/1KG3sdr Follow “60 Minutes” on Instagram: http://bit.ly/23Xv8Ry Like “60 Minutes” on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1Xb1Dao Follow “60 Minutes” on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1KxUsqX Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@TageChe98 2025-02-17

Fighting imaginary fascism with actual fascism 👍🏼

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@maxam2083 2025-02-17

As a german i better not post my opinion here...

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@SBE1 2025-02-17

JD Vance proved correct hours later. Thanks, 60 minutes, for showing how JD Vance was 100% correct.

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@RedstoneRecords 2025-02-17

It is not that Germans don't have a sense of humor, it is that they are banned from making jokes!

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@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower23 2025-02-17

Violent crime is at a 15 year high in germany...but they are worried about "mean words" on the internet.

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@DarkPassenger 2025-02-18

American: "How are things going in Germany?" German: "Oh, I can't complain."

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@aliceestate3899 2025-02-18

A rapist was insulted online by a WOMAN and the hate speech against him was punished almost or even more severely than his crime. I, and I am not the only one, thinks this is insane.

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@TheRealSpicke 2025-02-17

Just the way they viciously giggle when they can take away someone's phone speaks for it all.

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@mobiusraptor7 2025-02-25

We went to from, "This is not happening", to "Okay its happening, but it's a good thing"

576 13 replies
@ButterƊ 2025-02-23

She should have askes "Who decides what's offensive?" "Who decides what's true?"

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