Germany declares war against social media

Germany has declared war against social media under the pretext of reducing the dissemination of fake news. The decision was made by the coalition government of Germany in an effort to pave the way for political opponents to be silenced by the government before the elections.

Berlin is also preparing to impose high penalties for users who disseminate false news.

The signals of the war against social media declared by Germany manifested itself with the statements of the German Justice Minister Heiko Mass.

Mass has repeatedly called on Facebook to respect laws against defamation in Germany, which are stricter than those in the United States.

Mass also said that the cyber-attacks are as dangerous as bomb attacks.

Other government officials have expressed concern that fake news and "hate speech" on the internet could influence a parliamentary election in September, in which chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term in office.

The Facebook note said the company would make it easier to report items suspected to be fake news and work with external fact-checking organizations.

Germany says online hate speech has increased recently. However, Berlin has been lenient toward web portals that publish discriminatory propaganda against Turkey .

Previously, Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) newspaper established a new news portal where a large number of Turkish authors, such as journalists Aydın Engin, Ece Temelkuran, Fatma Aydemir, Canset İçpınar, Elisabeth Kimmerle and Ebru Taşdemir, Ali Çelikkan and many others contribute.

Germany is also known to be the among the European countries to which many Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) terrorists fled following the July 15 coup attempt.

In addition, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists have been collecting millions of euros in Europe under the auspices of "donations" to the "Kurdish Red Crescent" institution that operates in many European countries, including Germany. The terrorists forcibly collect money from people by threatening them.

Germany also defended the stone throwing provocateurs wearing masks during Istanbul's Gezi Park demonstrations in 2013 that targeted the democratically elected government of Turkey.