Germany Bans Right Wing Media Outlet Ahead Of September Regional Elections
Germany’s interior ministry has banned Compact – a nationalist German media outlet – on Tuesday after accusing it of being a “mouthpiece of the right-wing extremist scene.”
- Interior Minister Nancy Faeser issued bans on Compact magazine, its publisher Compact-Magazin GmbH, and Conspect Film, a film production company as police conducted raids on associated properties and residences across Germany.
- Faeser claimed that “this magazine agitates in an unspeakable way against Jews, against people with a history of migration and against our parliamentary democracy.”
- She also said that the ban shows “that we are also taking action against the intellectual arsonists who are stirring up a climate of hatred and violence against refugees and migrants and want to overcome our democratic state”
Extraordinary scenes in Germany as police raid the home of Jürgen Elsässer, the publisher of the right-wing Compact Magazine, and remove various belongings from his residence outside Berlin.
Germany’s interior minister has placed a blanket ban on the entire publication.
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Background: Founded in 2010 by Jürgen Elsässer, Compact magazine’s close ties to the nationalist wing of Alternative for Germany (AfD) has led to scrutiny from the German government and corporations.
- In 2020, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram social media platforms removed Compact’s accounts over claims of hate speech.
- Compact was officially classified as extremist, nationalist and anti-minority by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in 2021.
