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German journalist David Bendels is in danger of ending up in prison and has already been ordered to pay a heavy fine for sharing satirical memes – including that featuring Interior Minister Nancy Faeser “holding up” a sign reading, “I hate freedom of expression.”




Faeser, who is considered by opponents as a pro-censorship official, wasted little time in proving the meme’s point: she filed a criminal complaint against Bendels, who is the editor-in-chief of the Deutschland-Kurier website.

Faeser previously “distinguished” herself by attempting to shut down Compact magazine, which leans right, and is therefore an ideological “enemy” of Germany’s ruling class.

Now, Bendels was accused of “defamation” because of several memes posted on X. A court agreed with Faeser and decided to fine Bendels, while if the prosecution decides to further pursue the case, he could also find himself behind bars.

Now, Bendels was accused of “defamation” because of several memes posted on X. A court agreed with Faeser and decided to fine Bendels, while if the prosecution decides to further pursue the case, he could also find himself behind bars.

https://open.substack.com/pub/eugyppius/p/amazon-blocks-online-reviews-of-angela

Amazon blocks online reviews of Angela Merkel's memoir after readers submit a raft of harsh political critique and one-star ratings ...

Amazon readers are markedly more sceptical. The world’s largest online retailer reports that Freedom enjoys an unspectacular 3.5-star rating. This figure would be even lower, were it not for all the five-star clapping seals complaining that book reviews are not the place to vent generalised displeasure at Germany’s single most destructive postwar chancellor and that Merkel really was fantastic, really she was. ...

"Unfortunately, we cannot accept reviews for this item. This product has restrictions on the submission of reviews. This could be for a number of reasons, including unusual review activity."

https://www.eugyppius.com/p/amazon-blocks-online-reviews-of-angela

Amazon blocks online reviews of Angela Merkel's memoir after readers submit a raft of harsh political critique and one-star ratings ...

Amazon readers are markedly more sceptical. The world’s largest online retailer reports that Freedom enjoys an unspectacular 3.5-star rating. This figure would be even lower, were it not for all the five-star clapping seals complaining that book reviews are not the place to vent generalised displeasure at Germany’s single most destructive postwar chancellor and that Merkel really was fantastic, really she was. ...

"Unfortunately, we cannot accept reviews for this item. This product has restrictions on the submission of reviews. This could be for a number of reasons, including unusual review activity."

She's just another sock puppet for her globohomo NGO billionaire masters.

@MikeBenzCyber
27 Jun 2023
Censorship Industry Decoded, Ep. 2: Proxies, Pretexts & Predicates

In this vid, I explain a handy set of concepts as a guide to the brain of the typical "censorship industry insider" at stakeholder meetings & thought leader deliberations on what to censor next & how to do it.

Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper pulls her cartoon slamming Post owner Bezos ...

Bezos recently pledged to donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund. He also had dinner with the incoming president at his Mar-a-Lago residence in December.

Bezos also made liberals, including Post staff, irate just ahead of the election by making the decision that the paper would not be making a presidential endorsement.

Other prominent tech moguls have met with Trump in the months following his win, including Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.





Telnaes’ Disney reference appears to be a dig at the company being cited as a factor behind ABC News’ recent $15 million settlement with Trump earlier this month.

Hessen Interior Minister announces measures to combat "unfiltered opinions" on social media, state media expert calls for the regulation of internet memes, and other insanity from the Federal Republic

German Political Insanity Update I

As several Substack Contrarians remind readers, “freedom of speech” is definitely not the same thing as “freedom of reach.” ...

The over-night ramp-up of CIC and the daily blarmy churned out by the Untrusted News Initiative explains why Substack went from an obscure start-up nobody had heard of … to one of the most important media innovations of our lifetimes.

Not only did “contrarian” writers by the thousands flock to Substack so did millions of readers who didn’t reflectively support or believe the claims of “authorities” like Anthony Fauci.

Many authors who quickly picked up on the “free speech” benefits of Substack flourished and saw their subscriber - and reader - numbers increase rapidly and impressively.

I joined the roster of “Covid Contrarian” writers later than many authors (on Sept. 24, 2022), but even I caught enough of this wave for my newsletter to rapidly develop a national and international audience. ...

One objective of the CIC was to spearhead the battle against the scourge of “vaccine hesitancy.”

Correctly assessed, this particular battle can be recorded as a resounding defeat for the Establishment cohorts … as tens of millions of people were becoming increasingly-hesitant to get their next round of Covid boosters.

This result is probably mortifying for Substack’s founders to admit … However, the truth is what it is and the fact remains it was Substack’s own army of “independent” and “dissident” writers who largely explain the sea change in sentiment about the “efficacy” or “safety” of these shots.

(Note: At least 77 percent of Americans (probably more) are now disregarding the CDC’s “guidance” that American citizens should continue to get the latest Covid boosters.)

Almost by themselves, dissident pundits on one little writers’ platform harpooned the mission of history’s most intense and coordinated Propaganda Operation.

I was called some of these names and got a 30-day ban from Facebook for a single post discussing the rampant Covid spread in the professional sports leagues in 2021. I simply pointed out the obvious facts that the leagues were at or near 100 percent vaxxed, were tested every week, were required to wear masks nearly all the time, and had restrictions on going out in public. Anyone with a brain should have been able to figure out the measures weren’t preventing contracting or spreading the virus, yet I’m a covidiot and anti-vaxxer for pointing it out. 🙄 And don’t even get me started on the climate change bullshit. I’ve listened to 40+ years of world-is-ending predictions from charlatans. As a kid, I watched schools across America shove Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth down the throats of impressionable minds. None of his predictions came true, of course, but it did make him a billionaire.