Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) has described the US sanctions against the managing directors of the HateAid organization as “unacceptable”. The Digital Services Act ensures that everything that is illegal offline is also illegal online, Wadephul wrote on Platform X.
Federal Minister of Justice Stefanie Hubig (SPD) assured the HateAid managers of the support of the federal government. HateAid supports those affected by illegal digital hate speech and makes an important contribution to protecting personal rights in the digital space, said Hubig. “Anyone who calls this censorship is misrepresenting our constitutional system.”
The US government has named HateAid’s managing directors, Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon, subject to entry bans. This was justified by alleged censorship coming from HateAid. Von Hodenberg was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in October for her work against digital violence.
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