A Facebook user sued to have his profile blocked because of banned hate speech - and was right.

A 52-year-old's Facebook profile has been blocked following claims that refugees in Germany have "sharpened knives". The user sued against the blocking of his profile and the case ended up in court. In a ruling on Tuesday, the Munich Regional Court ruled that this statement was covered by freedom of expression.

Last year, the man also made critical comments about the grand coalition and its refugee policy in a “Word for Sunday”. In addition to new shoes and new cell phones, refugees in Germany also have “freshly sharpened knives,” the judge quoted his statement.

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Community Guidelines Violation: Account or Profile Suspended

Facebook blocked the man's account or profile after the post. The reason: The man violated Facebook's community guidelines because his statement portrayed all refugees as violent.

The court now decided differently because, according to the judge, the statements were covered by freedom of expression. In her opinion, these are “still permissible”.

“You wanted to express your fear. That is how public opinion is formed,” she said to the plaintiff.

“Politically exaggerated formulation with satirical elements”

This is how the plaintiff describes his contribution.
He doesn't see this as his best achievement, but wanted to defend himself against the general censorship by Facebook. “Complete censorship is simply not okay, I won’t put up with it,” he said, justifying his decision to sue. He is happy about the verdict but also surprised. But he also assumes that the topic is not yet closed.

“Facebook will definitely continue.
“That’s a precedent.” The 52-year-old was surprised by the verdict. He sees himself as belonging to the “middle class” and emphasized that he is “not an AfD member”.

Related to the topic: “ Facebook: 80% of deleted hate speech was detected by software”

Source: Kleine Zeitung


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