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    Deutschland: Gesetz zur Einschränkung der Informationsfreiheit durch die Regierung

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    1. BSBDR on

      >__The government seeks to adopt five key amendments to Germany’s Freedom of Information Act:__

      >_People will have to prove a “legitimate interest” to obtain official information, giving authorities broad discretion to reject information requests and deter people from seeking information of public concern. The government provided no further details on what would constitute a “legitimate interest.”_

      >_Non-EU citizens who do not live in Germany would not be able to obtain public records, regardless of whether they may be able to prove a legitimate interest._

      >_Only individuals would have access to public records, preventing civil society organizations like Human Rights Watch or media organizations from making requests._

      >_The government would remove the cap, currently at €500, on fees for information requests, which risks creating financially prohibitive barriers, deterring and excluding people from access._

      >_The government would allow routine redactions of names of public officials, which would obscure individual responsibility for government actions._

    5. burnerburner030 on

      Just in time to usher in the AfD and make it extra comfortable for them! Freut mich!

    6. Lysa_Bell on

      Honestly. I wonder why they are even doing that? Just because of image issues. what? Because every time a scandal has been exposed – nothing happend. The only thing they are actually doing with this is paving the way for a radical government to hide their influence from the outside and their corporations with companies from outside germany. So technically the only thing they could try to hide is treason and even that doesn’t really have any consequences anymore. It makes no sense to go through the effort at all if nothing happens anyway when stuff gets exposed.

    7. intentionalAnon on

      If we are lucky, this government disintegrates. But I fear what is coming next. I honestly have no idea who is left to vote for. They are either lazy, liars, incompetent, corrupt – sorry, ignoring the voters once in office and just listening to corporations- or plain dangerous.

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