The State of ThĂŒringenâs Interior Minister George Mair specifically called for the urgent regulation and classification of Telegram as a social network in order to foist new rules on the platform. Currently the âNetzwerdurchsetzungsgesetzâ law in Germany requires social media platforms to delete whatever the government deems as âcriminalâ content, and even to report them to the Federal Criminal Policy Agency (Bundeskriminalamt).
Platforms such as Telegram, however, have typically been excluded as they are not classified as social networks but as messaging platforms. Telegram has also been under pressure in the US, for what globalist policy makers call the spread of âmisinformationâ and for âcoordinatingâ the January 6 âinsurrectionâ.
Der Tagespiegel magazine was quick to associate the attack with the anti-lockdown movement, claiming that âright-wingers are celebrating the killing in Idar-Obersteinâ in Telegram chat groups.
Telegram is the host of many âquerdenkerâ â anti-lockdown and anti-vax mandate groups â who have organized various protests across Germany since the start of the pandemic.
This latest attack on Telegram comes right after Facebook, Inc. launched a campaign against the âquerdenkerâ on its own platforms: Facebook and Instagram.
The Zuckerberg-owned platforms wiped 150 associated groups and prominent public leaders under the guise of âfighting misinformation.â To this day, no social media platform has removed any left-wing political figure or âhealth careâ official, despite the vast amounts of evidence against them for actually spreading misinformation over subjects like mask-wearing, vaccines, the Russia hoax, and more.
Nathenial Gleicher, Facebookâs head of security policy said:
âThe people behind this activity used authentic and duplicate accounts to post and amplify violating content, primarily focused on promoting the conspiracy that the German governmentâs COVID-19 restrictions are part of a larger plan to strip citizens of their freedoms and basic rights.â
Politicizing the Killing.
The killing on September 18th came a week before the German federal elections, and sparked major political debates in Germany.
The AfD party (Alternative for Deutschland) â which has attracted anti-lockdown voters and has itself been major critic against mandates â is now being targeted.
Reports suggest the attacker was a AfD sympathizer and a âclimate change denierâ, so claims RND.
Spiegel magazine, which branded Telegram as âsocial networkâ, found that the attacker was also active on the messaging app.
Most major party candidates in Germany have used their social media platforms to disavow the killing and framed the movement as a âhate campaignâ by the âquerdenkerâ. Despite this turmoil, there is still no clear evidence that the suspect was part of the âquerdenkerâ movement despite association efforts â âmisinformationâ perhaps â by the German media and left-wing political figures.