Germany calls for ban on neo-Nazi websites abroad
The Associated Press Thursday, 9 July 2009
BERLIN — Germany’s Justice Minister on Thursday called for foreign
Internet service providers to remove neo-Nazi images, texts and
other content that can be viewed inside the country in violation
of laws forbidding any Nazi symbols.
German authorities have little control over German-language content
hosted by servers in other countries, including the United States.
Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries said her office would appeal to foreign
Internet providers to use their own terms of service as grounds for
eliminating content promoting the far-right ideal.
that hate should be discouraged, so take things down that go against
that,” Zypries said.
A separate debate over Internet monitoring in Germany broke out last
month as federal lawmakers approved legislation to allow Web sites
containing child pornography to be blocked.
Using ideology or symbols from the Nazis is forbidden in Germany, but
far-right groups that do not associate themselves with Nazis directly
have more leeway. Stefan Glaser, spokesman for a youth-protection
group called [the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien
(“Federal Office for the Investigation of Media Harmful to Young People”)]
The Internet has become the number one propaganda platform for
far-right extremists, Glaser said.
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* Communist sites and Marxist material are not banned.
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