German Prosecutors Think It’s Funny People’s Homes Are Being Raided And Their Devices Seized Because They Said Stuff On The Internet
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Germany’s history informs its current laws. That much is undeniable. But it doesn’t excuse the over-correction applied by legislators in hopes of heading off another Hitler. And it cert…

from the be-the-stasi-you-wish-to-see-in-the-world dept

As someone who had their tech confiscated by german police (not due to hatespeech though but something else I do not wish to talk about) I can tell you, suddenly loosing pretty much all of your hardware is no fun at all. Especially since you won’t be seeing it again for a long time, in my case it took about 2 years and that was with a settlement outside of court.

Yea the tech was worthless after that time and they also lost the lid of my grinder!!!

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