Precedent Set Germany To Fine Facebook $500K For Every Fake News Post They Dont DeleteBy Claire Bernish Thomas Oppermann, chairman of Germanys Social Democratic Party, suggests a strict law with concurrent stiff penalty might be the best method of combating the plethora of fake news now apparently flooding the interwebs. Facebook did not avail itself of the opportunity to regulate the issue of complaint management itself, Oppermann told Der Spiegel in an interview Friday. Now market dominating platforms like Facebook will be legally required to build a legal protection office in Germany that is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. According to Deutsche Welle, this would allow putative victims of fake news or hate speech to contact Facebook and request action be taken. If, after appropriate examination, Facebook does not delete the offending message within 24 hours, Oppermann continued, it should expect individual fines of up to 500,000 euros ($523,320). Germanys announcement comes on the heels of Facebooks formally announcing its newest plan to deal with the same fake news issue the company will partner with adamantly left-leaning organizations Snopes, Politifact, FactCheck.org, the Associated Press, and ABC News to vet and label items disputed. Corporate media largely lauded that announcement, ignoring entirely the distinct potentiality for the effort to amount to blatant censorship of all ideas not in lock step with the neoliberal establishment. ll of this, despite Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg declaring shortly after the U.S. presidential election, Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99 percent of what people see is authentic. Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. The hoaxes that do exist are not limited to one partisan view, or even to politics. Overall, this makes it extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other. Zuckerberg and Facebook quickly changed their tune when it became clear the Democrat establishment wished to target alternative, independent, and right-leaning media organizations to shoulder the blame of its own shortcomings in the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. While corporate media presstitutes praised fealty to Hillary Clinton, alternative outlets reported on the contents of documents leaked to WikiLeaks concerning the former secretary of state including collusion by those same reporters with Clintons campaign. Indeed, though analysts first decried the idea fake news or misinformation swayed the election in favor of Donald Trump, hysteria amongst Clintonites and NeverTrump Republicans spread like wildfire online as the volatile situation in the United States threatened to explode into outright conflict. Now, a growing number of Electoral College electors from both sides of the aisle have declared they will not vote or cast their votes for Trump until an investigation into Russian election interference can be performed. Russian hackers and pro-Russia propaganda constitutes the twin, parallel problem having befallen the U.S. unnamed officials in the CIA ostensibly found after an analysis that Russian actors hacked Democrat Party files and provided information to WikiLeaks but provided literally zero evidence to back up the slanderous claim. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently himself named by President Obama for involvement in the unproven hacks has categorically denied Russia meddled in the election or hacked the DNC. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Judge Andrew Napolitano, and former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray have all among many others come forward to denounce the idea of Russian hackers as absurd and baseless. Our source is not the Russian government, Assange told Sean Hannity in an interview, in which the WikiLeaks founder discussed the inanity of claims Russia had influenced the U.S. election. Assange elaborated that although his organization prefers to proffer no qualifying details about individuals who provide documents, he felt obligated to set the record straight in this case, so weve had to come out and say, no, its not a State party, stop trying to distract in that way, and pay attention to the content of the publications. So, in other words, when you say State party, it wasnt another State like Russia, or some other country? Hannity asked. Correct, Assange replied. Nevertheless, iterations of foreign influence in elections whether via hacking, propaganda, or fake news rattled Germanys nerves sufficiently to take such staunch measures against Facebook. In fact, censorship according to government standards is business-as-usual for the social media behemoth, and Facebook has worked with independent media organizations in Germany to remove offensive content and hate speech for some time. But the countrys plot to impose stiff fines on Facebook for disseminating fake news represents a dangerous and slippery slope for users in Europe as fake news is often a matter of opinion. But it isnt without basis. Germany is effectively looking to the U.S. for methods to avert a crisis with its coming elections viewing the putative Trump fiasco as a prime motivator for combating disinformation ahead of time, as it is widely believed the credible reporting by American independent media on corruption by the Dems helped hand Trump the presidency. As Quartz reports: The move is partly in response to fears that fake news posts could have an affect on the German parliamentary elections taking place in 2017, according to the Financial Times. Facebook has repeatedly said since the Nov. 8 election of Donald Trump in the US that fake news on its site, which has roughly 180 million users in the US and Canada, could not have affected the election. Although fake news is generally viewed as a problematic issue which needs to be dealt with, the more liberty-minded have cautioned vociferously that even light censorship of ideas will cascade into widespread editing of thought. If given an inch, those in power prefer to take miles and it would seem Facebook, the U.S., and Germany have started down that lengthy, perilous road. Claire Bernish writes for TheFreeThoughtProject.com, where this article first appeared. Image Credit: Anthony Freda Art Facebook = seductive diabolical trap to divide and conquer. Zuckerberg in the process of turning the continent of African into a digital slave plantation. http://truthandarttv.com/how-facebooks-zuckerberg-is-quietly-funding-africas-future-global-enslavement Lack of infrastructure not an obstacle for the digital Mark of The Beast, leap frogging directly into biometric tracking. http://www.wakingtimes.com/2016/08/26/the-emerging-mark-of-the-beast-system/ Kabuki theatrics designed to destroy western valueshistory repeats Germany reverting back to the 1930s era crackdowns brought on by the banksters contrived ww1 devastation. This time its social chaos via millions of Muslim refugee pawns. JAWOHL MEIN FUHRER! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6a15aed71041adc9b676ef50f2a46939149bda3539ab80f4d7187e78cecb9966.jpg Ah look its Markolf Zuckler!!! Kinda really puts him into perspective doesnt it?! Here we go again, , , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmYIo7bcUw The truth of it all is as surreal macabre as this parody.. like $$$its a Grand Illusion just like the orchestration of Zero Mostel playing the producer.. but it has to be taken Seriously in order for the Babylonian $$$ Magik Show to cast its spell..evidenced by the mass slaughters contrived by the 0.01% Hegelian sorcery..cheers Yeah, gotta laugh Eddy. They think theyre about to become transhumanist gods, but the joke is on them as they in their reductionist [ad absurdum] hubris are are angling in the final equation to create parodies of themselves as Icarian fools raping the earth and humanity into a karmic destiny of a fiery crash Mother Nature (the Divine, entropy, etc.) will have her say in the affairs of mankind and megalomaniacs. Only trouble istheyre gonna try take take us with themas the Sampson Option is always on the tablebut I can gladly die with that considering Im an eternal aspect of infinite consciousness having a temporary experience here anyway.as for themmay they be they be exterminated into space dust never to reappear anywhere in the universe after knowingly selling their ticket to ridecause they sold their soulsif karma exists?. reaping what you sewIsle of View Very well said, Blue. Your luminescence is giving me arc-eyes. You and Eddy both, your colloquies are always uplifting. Youre absolutely correct and I sensed a deliberate cartoonish demonizing of Hitler when I was 13 having read a big tome of a two volume biography that rocked my world gleaning some important context into the Big Pic. I know there is A LOT more to the story than what we have been told.though I tend to look for the dualities in these complex paradigmswhich I would LOVE to flesh out with you sometime as I trust your logic, judgement, and openness. I noticed one time in conversation with someone else you shared a link to a documentary on Hitler available on YT. I meant to go back and take a note of the title to watch it later but didnt think of it until months later. Does that ring a bell? Id like to watch it soon, although, I seem to be getting flooded with links for videos and long reads invariably getting backed up. Forget about my usual daily original research on arms sales, treaties, banking and mergers, neurolinguistic analyses, follow the Elites personal money flows, and historical threads examined in 5 different domains. Ha! P.S. BTW, a few months ago, inspired by a prompt from Hanz and some others asking me about my closed profile, both Eddy and I removed the privacy filters on our Disqus profiles. Its easier to find us now if you want to chat or compare notes. Keep a close eye on us, your wisdom and sincerity is always a breath of fresh air. Thanks, Doug. Cheers! Blue Yes Blue, there are extreme complexities in the world war subject that are too involved to get into in a short discussion. The one overriding factor has to be the Bolshevik blood cauldron that was spilling over from Russia and frothing into Germany in the 1920s. I could imagine that the Germans would become increasingly paranoid that the Bolsheviks would take power in German country. Without Hitler that was actually in the process of happening. Hitler showed the world what could be accomplished once the psycho-banker cabal were to be expelled. Germanys economic growth in the 1930s was unprecedented and that was why Adolf was on the cover of Time magazine. Germans would become increasingly paranoid that the Bolsheviks would take power in German country Well said, Doug. Thats EXACTLY what I came away with when I read the Hitler biography, it was a thorough historical account of the social, economic, and political underpinnings of German history circa ~ 1900 until just after the war. I assume you know about Solzhenitsyns 200 Years Together. How about Spirodovichs 1926 book The Secret World Government or The Hidden Hand which speaks to a highly organized and interlocking agenda to create a world govt? Spirodovich was a former Russian military officer who fought the Bolsheviks before emigrating to the US. Heres the link: http://www.resist.com/SecretGovernment-Spiridovich.pdf Yes, I know now about Tomato Bubble, though, I believe the website editor is only grasping onto one side of the proverbial elephant (blind men). We can discuss that later. Yes, thats it! It was The Greatest Story Never Told. Thank you! I need to watch those videos on YT soon. I know Deanna Spingola from explorations of News With Views a long time ago, going back 14 years. Awesome research on NWO on that website and what a stellar group of writers to include Patrick Wood who I often mention for his past work with Sutton and currently the totalitarian technocracy agenda, G Edward Griffin, Charlotte Iserbyte, Sherri Tenpenny and Carolyn Dean both physicians, Edwin Vieira, Dennis Cuddy, et al. Getting back to the Spiridovich book, I feel certain that is the lens we have to use going forward, accepting the fact that Russia was subverted and captured long ago. This (faux) nemeses to the NWO meme (i.e. BRICS) was designed by TPTB to run out the clock while activists sit on their hands. Doesnt mean that some people who promote this intelligence meme such as the Tomato Bubble arent well meaning in their desire to expose tyranny, rather, theyre caught up in the frenzy of cointelpro mind control operations. Great chatting with you Doug. Always a pleasure! hahaha!.Fitz the profile (lol) Ok so fake news CNN, Washington post, ABC, NBC those are fake news sights that should be removed from Facebook / Fackbook . We have rights still in this country F*ck you Germany Will this impact Germanys press freedom ranking? Will Germany slip from 16th place (with a score of 14.80) down to the ranking of the UK and USA where press freedom is severely compromised? UK 38th place (score: 21.70) USA 41st place (score: 22.49) https://rsf.org/en/ranking Mark and every free information sharing platform should be suing Germany for trying to control the free flow of information be it fake or not. Its nothing more than a ploy by the controllers to silence the masses A blatant attack on free speech. I would feel sorry for the Germans if we didnt have our own hands full of this same totalitarian bs from BOTH parties. If I had one wish I wish that people could see that whichever party pushes their interests it is in the vein of giving the Federal Govt more power no matter if the decision is to the left or right. This is beginning to remind me of the squaring off prior to the War Between the States, irreconcilable differences usually lead to a divorce. Germany is the decider or rather deceiter, they will tell you wut is fakery and wut is Ze Truth. Another taxbig gooferment never sleeps. Yes, who is running Germany these last half dozen decades? This is pure Cyber-Fascism-how come a one sided political clique holds so much power,like this? does it own the www now? 