Five investigations were launched in Lower Saxony over offensive postings.

Illegal Activity - Five investigations were launched in Lower Saxony over offensive postings.

On Thursday, six searches were conducted in Lower Saxony and Bremen as a result of hateful online postings. This operation included over 70 searches across all federal states, according to the prosecutor's office in Göttingen. Hate and incitement originating from the far-right political scene were the focus of the searches in Lower Saxony.

In several instances, suspects admitted to posting the offensive content and subsequently removing it. Other times, potential devices were seized. The suspects were accused of posting insults against federal government members or distributing racially offensive, discriminatory, or anti-Semitic content, such as an SS songbook.

In Bremen, officials searched the apartment of a man accused of commenting on a politician's post with an SA statement.

If convicted, the suspects could face a fine as explained by a spokesperson from the prosecutor's office. For incitement, this fine would typically amount to 90 daily fines, approximately equivalent to three months' salary.

Lower Saxony's Interior Minister, Daniela Behrens (SPD), stated that "We're starting to realize that hate on the internet breeds crimes on the street." Through this action day, the government aims to show that the internet is not a lawless place and that the bounds of free speech are reached when threats or insults are involved.

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1. The public prosecutor's office in Bremen is also involved in investigating an individual who made inflammatory comments about a political figure on the Internet.
2. The police and the public prosecutor's office in Germany have been working closely together to combat online hate speech, with numerous searches conducted nationwide.
3. The public prosecutor's office in Lower Saxony has been leading several investigations into alleged crimes inspired by far-right ideologies on the Internet.
4. The German government, through the efforts of its various law enforcement agencies, such as the police and the public prosecutor's office, is making it clear that the Internet is not a place for hate speech or incitement.

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