Category: Social Media

Criminal Law, Murder, Police and Prosecutors, Self-Promotion, Social Media, Soering

Söring’s Upcoming Media Offensive, and Mine

Andrew Hammel

I am still working on an English translation of the complaint I filed with the ZDF yesterday. But I have some interesting news about Jens Söring. Anyone who thought he was going to resume his private life and focus on the future was surely disabused by his performance on Markus Lanz last week. But there's… Continue reading Söring’s Upcoming Media Offensive, and Mine

Constitutional Law, Federal Constitutional Court, Freedom of Speech, Social Media

Facebook Ban Before the Federal Constitutional Court

Andrew Hammel

The Federal Constitutional Court has just issued a preliminary injunction (einstweilige Anordnung) in what may turn out to be a landmark case about the constitutionality of Facebook bans. The case involves a Facebook post from January 21, 2019 by a far-right group called the "Third Way" (Der III. Weg), which bills itself as "National, Revolutionary,… Continue reading Facebook Ban Before the Federal Constitutional Court