Police are hard against hate on the net: 14 suspects in Saxony!

Police are hard against hate on the net: 14 suspects in Saxony!

Zwickau, Deutschland - A true day of action against hate on the Internet has taken place in Saxony today and beyond. In this context, the police not only identified 14 accused, but also carried out numerous searches. In the cities of Leipzig, Chemnitz, Zwickau and Görlitz, 16 criminal hate postings and their authors were targeted. Among the accused are twelve men aged 15 to 55, a 25-year-old woman and a child. This procedure is part of a nationwide initiative, which has now been carried out across all 16 federal states for the twelfth time in order to counteract the growing problem of the online agitation. For example, stern.de that 13 of the identified cases could be assigned to the right spectrum, while one case can be assigned to the left, a foreign ideology was.

The allegations against the accused are serious: they range from the use of unconstitutional signs to seditions to insults and the approval of crimes. It can be seen alarming that an increase in the recorded hate posts - from 2,411 cases in 2021 to a remarkable 10,732 in 2024. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), this increase is partially due to a "brightening of the dark field", that is, more and more people dare to report their experiences.

operations in Saxony-Anhalt and nationwide

But Saxony is not alone. In Saxony-Anhalt, twelve measures against online agitation were also based. These actions that take place today on the day of action are also coordinated by the BKA. Investigation was implemented here who focus on the interrogation of people who have been guilty of incitement, insult or the use of unconstitutional license plates. These measures claim to illuminate the extent of politically motivated crime, especially from the right. Over 170 missions and 65 search resolutions were carried out nationwide, in addition to this, n-tv.de .

The explosiveness of the topic is illustrated by the increase in crimes against hate posting. According to the Zeit.de there was an increase of around 34 percent compared to 2022. In many of these cases, the hate posts are directed against politicians, which exploits the brutalization of digital communication Politics and society are complained about.

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