"Absolutely Breathtaking": Germany's Censorship Complex Revealed

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Germany's censorship complex

The lawsuit was filed in Michigan’s Wayne County Circuit Court by Robert Garza, a former Campbell cybersecurity analyst.

Garza alleges he recorded VP and Chief Information Security Officer Martin Bally during a November 2024 meeting at Campbell’s Camden, New Jersey headquarters.

In the audio, a voice alleged to be Bally’s can be heard insulting Campbell’s customers and products, saying the company sells “s--- for f---ing poor people.”

The voice also mocks ingredients as “bioengineered meat” and claims, “I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer.”

Bally reportedly made derogatory comments about Indian coworkers, saying they “don’t know a f---ing thing” and “couldn’t think for their f---ing selves.”

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Germany now has roughly 330 organizations working with federal and state authorities to monitor and suppress speech, supported by 425 government-funded grants.

Funding for these initiatives peaked in 2023 at €33 million ($38 million), with federal support remaining strong even as state and EU contributions dip.

The ecosystem relies on “trusted flaggers,” government-approved groups whose takedown requests platforms must prioritize under the EU’s Digital Services Act.

One such group, REspect!, is funded through Demokratie leben! and has forwarded citizens’ online remarks to police — including a case where someone called a politician a “Dummschwätzer.”

Political scientist Ulrike Guerot, who was fired after publishing a book critical of Western strategy in Ukraine, said the report revealed a far more intricate system than she expected: “I must admit it was absolutely breathtaking.”

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