I want to give you a little context here, because I assume most non-german readers will be unfamiliar with netzpolitik.org. netzpolitik.org is a professional blog about politics in the information age, financed mainly by donations. They report and comment on political and legal issues concerning computers, the internet and technology in general.
netzpolitik.org has covered the 'Geheimdienstausschuss' (a parliamentary working group, formed after the Snowden leaks) extensiveley, like no other german-speaking media. They also played a critical role in the public debate around data-retention, voting-computers and many other issues in germany in recent years.
I think, chances are high, that they will never be convicted. Still, this will send chilling effects on critical media, blogs and journalists.
The german journalist associaation called it an attack on freedom of the press.
Some more context: The attorney general Harald Range repeatedly refused to perform in-depth investigations against US spying on german politicians and institutions (e.g. [1]), but instead he is now targeting those journalists that were critical of those US actions.
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I want to give you a little context here, because I assume most non-german readers will be unfamiliar with netzpolitik.org. netzpolitik.org is a professional blog about politics in the information age, financed mainly by donations. They report and comment on political and legal issues concerning computers, the internet and technology in general.
netzpolitik.org has covered the 'Geheimdienstausschuss' (a parliamentary working group, formed after the Snowden leaks) extensiveley, like no other german-speaking media. They also played a critical role in the public debate around data-retention, voting-computers and many other issues in germany in recent years.
I think, chances are high, that they will never be convicted. Still, this will send chilling effects on critical media, blogs and journalists.
The german journalist associaation called it an attack on freedom of the press.
http://www.djv.de/startseite/profil/der-djv/pressebereich-do...
Some more context: The attorney general Harald Range repeatedly refused to perform in-depth investigations against US spying on german politicians and institutions (e.g. [1]), but instead he is now targeting those journalists that were critical of those US actions.
[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/12/germany_drops_invest...