LIBERTIES ONLINE CIVIC SPACE REPORT - The Civil Liberties Union For Europe

The implication of the phrase “a threat to security” also remains unclear.75 This • Law enforcement has been taking these bill has the potential to prevent the spread of issues more seriously, as illustrated by a disinformation and benefit civil society and significant increase in investigations and the media, as the plan further suggests the police actions. [...] In 2020, the The most notable examples included the claim National Assembly passed the Avia bill,96 that 2 million votes for the far-right candidate also called the “law against hateful content Marine le Pen had disappeared; the rumour online.” Its goal is to allow social media, the that Yellow Vests were deprived of the right to government, and the Regulatory Authority vote by a 2020 law; or that. [...] sunten.indymedia and contained a link that led to the website of the platform.135 A regional In 2021, the German Criminal Code was court later decided that the linking was part amended to punish doxing and the publica- of the journalistic task and did not constitute tion of enemy lists, containing potential tar- criminal support. [...] The purpose of the the Facebook account of the NGO Filmw- project was to see how politicians interact with erkstatt Düsseldorf was deleted, presumably people on Instagram and answer the question due to the publication of a thumbnail for the - do social media platforms polarise political documentary The Shaman and the Snake.149 discourse, promote disinformation and fuel The picture shows several in. [...] The NGO campaigns for lim- for the deletion of its account, criticising the iting the power of large corporations like Face- arbitrariness and lack of transparency in the book.