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Germany free?

Especially to those ones who criticize Merkel's immigration policy...

This report is a joke.

German police here, downvoting this comment. /s

Just stop. There are limits on free speech in Germany, but it's mostly for denying the Holocaust and yelling "sieg heil" in the street etc. I assume you're not referring to that?

Or satirizing Erdogan:

https://boingboing.net/2016/04/23/german-political-leader-ar...

Or "hate speech", which will certainly have a chilling effect on the legitimate discussion of immigration policy:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-springs-...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/19/head-of-german...

While we are on the subject the UK has a law that states : "No extracts from parliamentary proceedings may be used in comedy shows or other light entertainment such as political satire"

So political satire shows like Jon Stewart and the Late show? Can't happen in UK. Guess thats why John Oliver, an englishman, is doing his show in the US.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jul/31/jon-st...

> Especially to those ones who criticize Merkel's immigration policy...

Are you referring to anything in particular here?

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7371/facebook-freedom-of-...

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