Edit: The original image has now been confirmed to be doctored. https://sh.itjust.works/post/59327741
An account on Feddit.org is pushing a screenshot of a conspiracy theory that shows db0 is run by Nazis. Zero evidence is supplied except a link that mysteriously doesn't work. Of course Feddit.org is eating this up as all the proof they needed.
When arguing against that and how suspicious it is that a user was browsing this site at all to happen to discover a month old post that conveniently portrayed a plan by Nazis to take over the instances who defederated feddit.org for Zionism.
Knowing how important following German law is for Feddit.org, I inquired as to if libel was against the law. I was informed that it was and calling people Nazis was libel (i.e. exactly what the post they are hosting is doing).
I was than banned for apparently calling someone a Nazi? (I never did, you can see that below) yet in the modlog the actual reason given was bad-faith, because I did not blindly accept a easily falsified screenshot.
The admin in question is Emopunker@feddit@feddit.org
This evidence continues a history of bad-faith and outright lying by the administration at Feddit.org.
I will investigate reporting this to the German authorities, it is unacceptable that Feddit.org will call people Nazis with the full support of the administration staff.
Not defending any of this but...
Are you even German? This seems like a bit of dead-end. It's the accusations towards an instance, not an individual. It's closer to a conspiracy theory than anything actionable under libel law.
EDIT: I like how I get downvoted, but multiple people saying the same thing as me get upvoted.
Feddit.orgs argument for removing anti-Zionist content was that hosting it is against German law.
If calling others Nazis is against German law and they are hosting (and defending) content doing so, surely that is something to be investigated.
I will leave it to the authorities to judge the value of it.
ACAB. Nothing good will come from inviting state-violence into this.
For this to get anything done you would need to hand over personal information to the police, as only the smallest amount of anonymous tips result in any kind of police action in Germany.
But better yet, instead of going to the cops, keep doing what you are doing here in fact checking those claims and spreading the message when you find a lie. That would actually be worth your time.
No one is going to touch that...this literally has no victims or personal info for them to follow. It's online drama and that's basically it.
My thoughts on "authorities" aside, you'll do a lot more continuing to look into things here than anything else imo.
And solid work getting this info together in the first place BTW, thank you
Calling someone nazi could be considered an insult if the person is indeed not a nazi, which will be determined by a court.
It necessarily requires the libelled person to file a criminal complaint. If you have not been personally insulted, you are wasting your time because you are ineligble to file such a complaint.
This does not apply to politicians, whose insulting can be prosecuted if it's in particular interest to the public as well as members of groups prosecuted by the Nazis, if the insult is related to their prosecution. No particular public interest required in the latter case.
See: §194 (1) Stgb
That is to say: You are wasting your time. Have fun sending your name, address and contact information to the German police to be stored for a while. Anonymous criminal complaints are always ignored.
I would also have to inquire that even if Loco_Max has been insulted in this way, would it apply to non-Germans?
I have zero clue. Could not find anything confirming or denying it.
Is that a specific law? And I assume that only applies to German citizens, not just random people (and not even people but their online alias) or communities online not hosted in Germany.