alt.hn

7/25/2026 at 10:19:17 AM

ID requirement to halt freedom of information in Germany

 https://www.heise.de/en/news/Dobrindt-ID-requirement-to-halt-freedom-of-information-11376646.html

by doener

7/25/2026 at 2:08:32 PM

The title is very misleading: it is about, apparently (the article could be much clearer), a mandate to identify oneself when «request[ing] official information from federal authorities».

by mdp2021

7/25/2026 at 12:08:07 PM

> The Interior Ministry justifies the initiative with hybrid threat scenarios and relieving the administration.

One of the "benefits" of wartime is that it becomes publicly acceptable for a government to paint its own citizens as a threat.

by xg15