Nationwide raid against hate: Bremen in the focus of the police campaign!

Nationwide raid against hate: Bremen in the focus of the police campaign!

Bremen, Deutschland - The current fight against hate crime on the Internet has achieved a new dimension in Germany. Today there was a nationwide police campaign, in which special attention was paid to the spread of online hatred, especially in Bremen and Emden. As stern.de were reported in Bremen in the districts Walle, Huchting, Neustadt and Horn-Lehe carried out. Here, five people between the ages of 19 and 68 were the focus of the investigation that is suspected of publishing anti -Jewish contributions as well as hater -filled posts against alawites and refugees. In Emden, an 18-year-old suspect was heard cooperatively after having posted Nazi symbols and slogans on Instagram.

This action is part of a larger trend: the number of registered hate posting has increased rapidly in recent years. Between 2021 and 2024 the number rose from 2,411 to 10,732 reports. In Lower Saxony in particular, 5,344 cases of hate crime were recorded last year, but around half of which were discontinued. These statistics illustrate that right-wing extremist content has a significant part of online communication, with younger users often use platforms such as TikKOT and Instagram, while older generations prefer Facebook.

challenges in the digital age

The fight against hate crime on the Internet is a central challenge for crime policy. How "https://blog.prif.org/2022/10/14/verflung-und-pra- and-pra-im-in-im-internet-benoetigt-es- more-in---s-Medien/" Target = "_ Blank"> Prif.org emphasizes, the interior and judicial authorities lack sufficient staffing and expertise for interneter investigations. A haphazard procedure and the lack of a digital police strategy make the fight against Hate Speech a difficult task. Around 10,501 cases of politically motivated crime were recorded in 2021, whereby Hass offenses are particularly critical by posts.

Another problem is the unregulated platforms such as Telegram, which are exploited by extremist actors. The measures against hate comments are often perceived as insufficient. The legal framework, which has been in force to combat right -wing extremism and hate crime since February 2022, stipulates that platform operators have to report potentially punishable content, but there is still a high number of unreported cases that is difficult to record.

The influence of social networks

social networks play a key role in spreading hatred and extremist content. As the bpb.de use these platforms to distribute misinformations and their ideological formations Propagate views. This is often done under the guise of apolitical topics, which also makes it difficult to identify the ideology carriers. Hass postings are often published in various formats such as text, image and video.

The police and civil society are required to take a determined step against these tendencies together. Advice centers raise the demand for more commitment to social networks to ensure early identification and persecution of hate postings. While the legal framework exist, a concerted effort is needed to actually make the efforts of law enforcement noticeable.

Today's police operations are an important step in the right direction to counteract the brutalization of communication on the Internet. It remains to be hoped that these measures will not remain isolated and have a sustainable effect to combat online hatred and protect digital civil society.