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Search for criminal publications on social media

Police report from March 13, 2024

Joint report from the police and public prosecutor's office in Berlin Nr. 0542 This morning, police forces on behalf of the Berlin public prosecutor's office searched the apartment of a woman in Tempelhof on the basis of a search warrant from the Tiergarten district court because of the accusation of using the symbols of unconstitutional organizations. The 41-year-old is accused of having published criminal content relating to Hamas and the current Middle East conflict on social networks in four cases since October 2023, such as the slogan “From the river to the sea”. During the search, three cell phones, two computers and a hard drive were found and confiscated. The woman was temporarily arrested to carry out identification measures and was then released. The evaluation of the confiscated devices and further investigations are ongoing.

So Germany doesn't have freedom of speech? I thought you were allowed to say whatever you want and the government can't prosecute you for it.