There is a big difference between the German freedom to have an opinion and actual freedom of speech in the American sense, as a new report on the German state’s speech crackdown clearly illuminates.
Punching Upwards, Episode 12 for 30 November 2025
Topic: Politics / Free Speech
Credits
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Sources
The Censorship Network: Regulation and Repression in Germany Today, liber-net, 19 November 2025
Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime, CBS 60 Minutes, 17 February 2025
The New Priests of Truth - Inside Germany’s Censorship Ecosystem (interview with Andrew Lowenthal of liber-net), Jasmin Kosubek, 27 November 2025
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