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⚡️🇩🇪 NEW - ”Just got a letter from the German government with a 31,000 Euro fine for refusing to censor Gab on their behalf. (Not paying it.)”

Andrew Torba, CEO of Gab, an alternative social media platform, announced on February 6, 2026, that he had received a fine of €31,650 from the German government.

According to the letter from the Bundesamt für Justiz, dated February 1, this penalty follows failure to comply with a 2021 decision related to the NetzDG law on content moderation.

Torba says he refuses to pay, claiming that this is a request for censorship.

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Anhern Sarsalor [finally back] · 1w
Imagine getting fined for not censoring something. Oceania would be proud
Henky!! · 1w
They didn't even bother to send it in his language.
kravietz · 1w
Well Alex Jones was fined $1'500'000'000 ($1.5b) by an US court so consider yourself lucky. Comparing these fines in absolute numbers, there's ~48'000 more #censorship in the US than in Germany.
Troy · 1w
I'd reply back asking if they want to burn my artwork next. 😉
jhog57 · 1w
lost their privilege to say whatever the fuck they want when they gave up their firearms
dr.fred · 1w
no one cares what the communist nazis do