Internet Censorship Around the World

Germany

Germany has instances of censoring parts of the internet. The German government requires companies to censor content online. For example, in 2018, a 24-year-old comedian's Twitter post was taken down. In the tweet, she mocked German's far right's fear of immigration. The Network Enforcement Act (“NetzDG”) is a German law that requires social networks with more than 2 million registered users in Germany to provide a complaint procedure for reporting content under specific sections of the German Criminal Code (“StGB”). They help take down the post within nine hours. Tech executes have said that German's new hate speech rules have the potential to limit the freedom of expression of the country’s citizens. Many call it the Digital Berlin Wall. "Germany’s battle over how to tackle online hate speech — rules that are arguably the strictest anywhere in the Western world — will likely have repercussions across Europe and farther afield."
Some German anti-censorship groups are Eco, Netzwerk Neue Medien, ODEM, CCC, DETR, and BBA who examine laws and issues of censorship for maintaining free and unregulated internet.