German State PM Under Fire for Demanding Crackdown on News Sites and Social Media

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Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther called for a stronger control of the media. "Quality criteria are necessary." "It scares me how little feeling a Prime Minister has about media freedom," states state-law Volker Boehme-Neßler.

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Daniel Günther agrees with Markus Lanz on the demand to censor media if necessary. Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister shows a strange understanding of democracy: The parties are to end their "small wars" for the great consensus in the fight against AfD and tech companies.

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Daniel Günther openly demands the censorship of portals such as Nius. Because they would disturb the government, for example in the case of Brosius-Gersdorf. Günther is clearly opposed to the Basic Law – a confession against liberal democracy has rarely been heard so openly.