Germany struggling with fake anti migrant news, worries it could affect election!

[Tennis]

https://news.vice.com/story/germany-...ction-migrants

Scary news here. Great investigative journalism though!

In December, Renate Künast, a senior politician from Germany’s left-wing party The Greens, was swamped with furious criticism after her remarks about a high-profile murder went viral on Facebook.

Her comments, according to a post shared on the right-wing Resistance of German Patriots’ Facebook page, concerned the arrest of an asylum seeker for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old student in Freiburg – a crime that had shocked Germany and sparked a national debate about the potential threat posed by the country’s migrant influx.

Künast reportedly said of the suspect: “The traumatized young refugee has indeed killed, but one must nevertheless help him.”

The remarks proved incendiary, typifying for some Germans the weak-kneed and indifferent response of the liberal establishment to migrant crime.

Except Künast never said any such thing. The “report” in question *was merely a doctored image of Künast along with a made-up quote, falsely attributed to the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper; it had apparently been created by a Swiss member of the anti-Islam movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West).

“People just shared it without checking,” Künast told VICE News, adding that it took three days for Facebook to remove the fake content. “Three days is a long time for things going viral.”

The post was an egregious example of fake news, false or misleading online reports spread virally through social media.

Germany has witnessed a proliferation of fake news in the past two years, as the country faces a growing populist backlash to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to welcome more than a million refugees into the country. The problem resembles the phenomenon that emerged in the U.S. during the recent presidential election – and, as in the U.S., there are concerns that Russia is behind some of it.

The migrant crisis – the country’s most contentious political issue – is where Germany’s fake news found its formula. Initially circulated largely among right-wing supporters of PEGIDA and the populist, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the fake reports have found a wider audience following a spate of violent incidents linked to migrants, most notably the mob sexual assaults in Cologne and other German cities during 2016 New Year’s Eve celebrations.

One specific measure Jarzombek hopes to see Facebook introduce is a “right of reply” function that allows anyone mentioned in an inaccurate report to attach their rebuttal alongside the original post, in a way that would reach the same audience.

He said Facebook has been resistant to introducing such measures, but “if they don’t start responding like this, we will make it by law.” The consequences of allowing fake news to proliferate were too severe to allow the status quo to continue, he said.

“I’m not sure [the threat of fake news] is so big it can completely change the outcome of an election,” he said. “But it can have an impact.”

I think it's clear that Germany needs to take strict action. Start off with fines then jail time.
If you're spreading fake news to spread fear, then there will be consequences.

[Super Kami Dende]

>Says they are against Fake news.
>Joins in with Fake News whenever it benefits them.

Backlash against Merkel is great news, the Harpy is running Germany into the ground.

" the fake reports have found a wider audience following a spate of violent incidents linked to migrants, most notably the mob sexual assaults in Cologne and other German cities during 2016 New Year’s Eve celebrations."

The Irony that they are saying they don't like Fake news because it goes against Immigration, but say people found the Fake News because of News showing Immigrants causing problems.

You just can't make this type of Stupidity up.

[Teri]

>Says they are against Fake news.
>Joins in with Fake News whenever it benefits them.

Backlash against Merkel is great news, the Harpy is running Germany into the ground.

Good thing Netherlands , France, Germany, Luxembourg all have elections this year, all part of the main founders of the old EEG , I expect things will change big time.

The EU itself already called US Trump an External enemy, that can't end well or sustain for long, and EU can't look to the east as they already played that card badly with ukraine sanctions all over the place costing our farmers millions for losing exports to Russia, even Turkey is still holding EU hostage on the migrant deals.

[Super Kami Dende]

Good thing Netherlands , France, Germany, Luxembourg all have elections this year, all part of the main founders of the old EEG , I expect things will change big time.

The EU itself already called US Trump an External enemy, that can't end well or sustain for long, and EU can't look to the east as they already played that card badly with ukraine sanctions all over the place costing our farmers millions for losing exports to Russia, even Turkey is still holding EU hostage on the migrant deals.

It's a Crazy World, when being proactive about radical extremists and criminal Immigrants makes you an "Enemy" of Europe.

[Teri]

It's a Crazy World, when being proactive about radical extremists and criminal Immigrants makes you an "Enemy" of Europe.

It's crazy when a group called EU doesn't represent the people but acts and speaks like it does ... Dutch voted no on ukraine referendum, prime minister just lets it go forward anyway under pressure.

Anyhow I know this is about the germans, but really, not much different main stream media in other western countries.

We had the same deal with our Dutch prime minister suddenly trying to soften his pro-immigrant stance with a newspaper advertisement that didnt make sense at all, and elections are next month.

[Stelio Kontos]

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https://news.vice.com/story/germany-...ction-migrants

Scary news here. Great investigative journalism though!







I think it's clear that Germany needs to take strict action. Start off with fines then jail time.
If you're spreading fake news to spread fear, then there will be consequences.

I agree and I think every single democratic party will take action against fake news. Even the conservative-right Mr. Kauder of CDU called that the current state will not prevail and serious actions will be taken. The new, alt and pol right people will soon get what they deserve.

I hope this will come asap, these new and alt rights need to learn about reality.

[Deleted]

Germany already had an epidemic of alternative facts. It was called the third reich, guess how that went...

I understand there are concerns with immigration that aren't adressed properly, but spreading "alternative facts" and electing people who believe in white supramacy will always end in war and genocide, just consult a history book. You can be critical to immigration without turning hysterical.

[Super Kami Dende]

Germany already had an epidemic of alternative facts. It was called the third reich, guess how that went...

I understand there are concerns with immigration that aren't adressed properly, but spreading "alternative facts" and electing people who believe in white supramacy will always end in war and genocide, just consult a history book. You can be critical to immigration without turning hysterical.

Why do idiots always bring everything back to "White Supremacy" when most of the time it is just Western Citizens getting sick and tired of dealing with Shit hole countries that just try to burden everyone else with their shit.

[Tennis]

>Says they are against Fake news.
>Joins in with Fake News whenever it benefits them.

Backlash against Merkel is great news, the Harpy is running Germany into the ground.

" the fake reports have found a wider audience following a spate of violent incidents linked to migrants, most notably the mob sexual assaults in Cologne and other German cities during 2016 New Year’s Eve celebrations."

The Irony that they are saying they don't like Fake news because it goes against Immigration, but say people found the Fake News because of News showing Immigrants causing problems.

You just can't make this type of Stupidity up.

Uhh dude. There is no excuse for spreading false information. It is dishonest and reeks of desperation. Let us hope the Germans reject this despicable way of thinking.

[KrazyK923]

Wow its almost like its a directed attack plan, for a second time, to spread fake news to try and affect an election.

Hmmm I wonder why the perpetrator of this is now going after Germany after it working in the US?

Hmm.