Interview in Brussels about the German censorship network
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The right-populist Alternative für Deutschland achieved almost 44% of the vote in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt last weekend, with tone-deaf legacy institutions that have treated the opinions of citizens as problems to be managed key in the sweeping victory.
The kingmakers in this scenario are the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, a left-populist party. liber-net director Andrew Lowenthal was recently in Brussels to appear on BSW co-leader MEP Fabio de Masi’s podcast, where they discussed the censorship network in Germany and across the West.
Whatever one thinks of the AfD, this election should force a reckoning. Germany’s establishment cannot continue to suppress dissent if it wants to find its way out of a crisis of legitimacy.
In our recent investigation into Germany’s censorship network, we found an extensive ecosystem of national and supranational organizations, foundations, NGOs, and academic centers that monitor and restrict political speech.
Read more about wide-scale censorship as another component of the populist backlash in Germany on Network Affects.
