German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 09:32 in Mathematics & Economics

Germany's justice minister is proposing fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 million) for social networking sites that fail to swiftly remove illegal content, such as hate speech or defamatory "fake news."

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