‘60 Minutes’ Guest Says Germans Have Free Speech With Restrictions

In a shocking admission on CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” a German government official openly stated that while German citizens technically have free speech, it comes with strict “limits.” Dr. Matthäus Fink explained that Germans are often stunned when police show up at their doors over something they posted online only to be told that their “free speech” isn’t so free after all.

• German authorities are conducting pre-dawn raids and confiscating electronics over online speech.

• Posting Nazi symbols or denying the Holocaust is illegal but so is simply insulting someone in public or online.

• Fink admitted that online insults are punished even more harshly because they leave a “permanent” record.

The discussion comes at a time when free speech is under attack worldwide and Vice President JD Vance wasted no time calling out Germany’s censorship during his recent speech in Munich. “Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters,” he declared. “There’s no room for firewalls.”

Even more disturbing, just hours before this interview aired, “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan falsely claimed that “free speech was weaponized” to cause the Holocaust. Secretary of State Marco Rubio swiftly corrected her, pointing out that censorship not free speech was a defining characteristic of Nazi Germany.

What’s happening in Germany should serve as a warning to the rest of the world. When governments start defining what speech is “acceptable,” they gain the power to silence dissent entirely. Today, it’s Germany raiding homes for social media posts. Tomorrow, it could be the United States if the radical left gets its way.

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