The interior ministers of the federal states want to make messenger services such as Telegram more responsible in the fight against hatred and agitation.
Stuttgart – Starting next year, providers of social networks will have to report illegal content to the Federal Criminal Police Office – but not messenger services, as the chairman of the conference of interior ministers, Thomas Strobl (CDU), told the German press agency on Friday on the sidelines of the conference of interior ministers. “But there, too, hatred and agitation are a massive problem, they achieve a high reach,” he explained. No unlawful areas should arise there. The interior ministers had agreed that an adjustment had to be made here urgently.
Telegram has long been more than a loose messenger service and has taken over the functions of a social network, said Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD). “Telegram is a special kind of echo bubble when it comes to agitation against the state and others.” So far it has not been possible to take action. One hopes for the new federal government – urgent action is advisable. (dpa)
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