Tag: Office for the Protection of the Constitution
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German government overthrows Jürgen Elsässer: Interior Minister bans far-right magazine “Compact”

“We simply want to overthrow the regime,” declared the founder of “Compact” last year. Nancy Faeser has therefore banned the publication under the law on associations. But there is also criticism. On Saturday, an alliance of anti-fascist groups mobilised once…
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Surveillance now banned in secrecy: German government takes a new approach towards parliament

The left-wing parliamentary group has published annual figures for stealth SMS and other surveillance measures based on parliamentary questions. The Social Democratic Ministry of the Interior is now putting an end to this. The Federal Ministry of the Interior has…
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Click, click, arrest! The use of facial recognition by police in Germany

The German police are not yet allowed to do everything when it comes to facial recognition. Where is the technology being used and for what purposes? The manhunt for suspected members of the former militant RAF (Red Army Faction) has…
