In the fight against hate speech on the Internet, the cooperation #KeineMachtdemHass has identified over 800 suspects nationwide.
The Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) has so far criminally checked over 6000 reports of hate speech, the Hessian Ministry of Justice announced on Thursday in Wiesbaden.
Investigations had been initiated in 2200 cases.
Less than 10 percent of the identified suspects come from Hessen.
The cooperation turned two years old on Thursday.
It started in 2019 with the non-governmental organizations HateAid and Ichbinhier as well as the State Agency for Private Broadcasting and New Media (LPR).
Since then, more partners have been added.
Show a clear edge
"I am pleased that the #KeineMachtdemHass cooperation is now so broad and that different institutions have repeatedly expressed interest in joining the network," said Justice Minister Eva Kühne-Hörmann (CDU).
One wants to sensitize citizens and show a clear edge.
"It is also important that the public prosecutors have effective tools to identify the perpetrators," said the minister.
Various ways could lead to this, for example a real name obligation in social networks, the obligation to save the last login and the market location principle, i.e. the obligation of social media to comply with domestic law.