A new data protection bill was accepted by the shared committee of both chambers of the German parliament (Vermittlungsausschuss, consolidation committee). The bill is therefore highly likely to become law. And as all newspaper articles pointed out immediately the effort serves one purpose and one purpose alone: to remove the legal obstacles to another hate speech law.
Fortunately the law will be unpractical for the purpose. in the video I will run you through the details.
sources:
https://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2021-03/hasskriminalitaet-bundestag-bundesrat-diskriminierung-internet-gesetzespaket
https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/hatespeech-gesetz-reparaturgesetz-bestandsdatenauskunft-vermittlungsausschuss-abfrage-daten-internetnutzer-verfassungswidrig/?r=rss
https://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/bundestag-bundesrat-billigen-gesetz-bestandsdatenauskunft-085930166.html
[recorded a day before upload]
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