Far-Right Supporters In Germany Are Using WhatsApp To Share Nazi Propaganda Stickers
to the surge in Nazi-themed stickers."As soon as WhatsApp made it possible to create and use stickers, right-wing extremists flood their group chats with Nazi symbolism,” the group wrote in October, asking the platform how this could be prevented in the future.
"As a messaging service, we do not have access to private messages shared by users,” a WhatsApp spokesperson told BuzzFeed News in an emailed statement. “We encourage people to report issues to WhatsApp to ensure the security of our platform." "Send this message to everyone you know and contribute to Operation White Christmas," it continued, followed by a huge swastika, an image of Adolf Hitler, and the sentence"Run Ali run."
In at least one case, the distribution of prohibited SS symbols or slogans on WhatsApp had legal consequences. In 2017, a 14-year-old was convicted of spreading Nazi propaganda, But Begrich also sees the difficulty that comes with trying to control the contents of a service like WhatsApp."You also have to ask yourself if you want control over WhatsApp to actually access the content of chats that are otherwise private."
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