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€8,400 Fine for Three Words: Germany’s Latest Assault on Free Speech

A man’s house was raided and his phones were seized all because of a tweet.

A court in the German town of Lindau has imposed a €8,400 fine on a man for tweeting three words on X: “Alles für Deutschland” (All for Germany).

The “perpetrator,” Andreas M., had written “That’s exactly why I vote for the AfD. Everything for Germany” in a comment in July of last year.

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