What this court case amounts to?
Some tweets popped up over the Anti-Semitism Commissioner of Baden-Württemberg (Michael Blume). I'll just say they suggested a fake story of the guy and a affair with a teenage girl.
The tweets were identified to Twitter and demands were made to take them down....failing on the time allotted. One added demand put to Twitter....which makes a bold request....the party didn't want any screen-shots of the fake story to exist, and that's practically impossible to control or hinder.
The court is trying to determine if true, and how to handle the damage. Full story here.
What I anticipate? At some end-point, there's going to be a fine of millions (maybe extending past 20-million)....course, most of this going to the gov't (not this Commissioner).
I expect at that point....Twitter will shut off Germany entirely from access, and within weeks....the EU gets into this....with their access also shut-off. Everyone will seem proud of their accomplishments, and will be unable to see anything off Twitter.
However.....if you operate a VPN....you will still have access. And there will simply be several million Germans who sign up for VPN services, and Twitter discussions will linger on.
Some teenage German kid will invent a word to discuss how stupid the legal system has become in Germany, and within a year....more Germans than ever....will have Twitter accounts.
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