Germany wants tougher addressing online hate

berlin - German Justice Minister Heiko Maas would hate speech on social media deal much harder. According to the minister allow companies like Facebook and Twitter after to really get tough and he comes up with a plan for hate speech to quell. The plan provides Meuse according to Der Tagesspiegel include hefty fines for Internet companies.

One of the measures of Maas is the introduction of a mandatory responsibility report. Social networks have what it regards quarterly expose themselves. If it appears that they have done too little to tackle hate mongers, follow hefty fines. Maas wants to businesses act faster to remove hateful messages and making it even easier to identify offensive messages.

To make clear that the German government does not lightly conceives, Meuse proposes hefty fines for. Companies that fail to address hate speech, can expect fines up to 50 million euros.