German police launch mass raids on suspected ‘criminal post’ writers

Police in Germany have executed more than 170 operations targeting people they referred to as “digital arsonists”.

Starting early on the morning of June 25, officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office raided the homes of people suspected of running “criminal posts” online.

The police move was not the first such in Germany, where it is flagged a “day of action”, targeting alleged authors of “online hate and hate messages”.