Disinfo: The German government censors content on Facebook to get Merkel re-elected

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The German government censors content on Facebook in order to ensure that Angela Merkel gets elected for her fourth term as the chancellor of Germany.

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In reality there is an ongoing discussion in Germany whether Facebook should be treated not as a technological company but as a media company. Its content should also come under more scrutiny due to the dissemination of fake news and hate speech - which does not mean censorship.

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Reported in: Issue 49
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 23/11/2016
Language/target audience: Czech
Country: Germany
Keywords: Facebook, Censorship, Angela Merkel
Outlet: Parlamentní listy

The Ukrainian revolution was possibly supported from the outside

In an exclusive interview with prominent Ukrainian sociologist Iryna Bekeshkina, she said that an artificial revolution supported from the outside was possible in Ukraine.

November 22, 2016

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Bekeshkina had never been interviewed by the site and after she exposed the fake interview in a Facebook post, the story was removed from the Ukraina.ru website, but remains in cache storage. Further debunking at StopFake.

The new Czech Centre for countering terrorism and hybrid threats will be the Governtment’s censorship body

The new Czech Ministry of Interior’s Centre for countering terrorism and hybrid threats is going to be the government’s censorship body.

November 22, 2016

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The new Centre will be tasked with monitoring the disinformation efforts in the Czech republic, proposing legislative or countermeasures and spread awareness among the public.

The Baltic countries are the enemies of Moscow and use…

The Baltic countries are the enemies of Moscow and use neo-Nazi methods against Russia in order to impose “European values” there and undermine the regime of president Putin.

November 22, 2016

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No evidence given for this conspiracy theory.