German Federal Criminal Police Office demands data from US company: Internet user mocked Ricarda Lang’s weight

Because users of a small social network in the USA are calling Green Party leader Ricarda Lang overweight, the Federal Criminal Police Office has now become involved. But the managing director has nothing but scorn for the German security authorities.

Berlin - The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has turned to the US internet platform Gab to obtain the data of a German user who is said to have insulted the Green Party leader Ricarda Lang. Gab company director Andrew Torba published a corresponding letter from the BKA addressed to him on Saturday.

Torba responded sarcastically: "One of the most ridiculous data requests from abroad that Gab received (and rejected) came from Germany. It was a request to dox a user for calling a politician fat." The term "dox" refers to the collection and sharing - or publishing - of personal data.

One of the more ridiculous foreign data requests that Gab received (and turned down) from Germany was when they wanted us to dox a user for calling a female politician fat. pic.twitter.com/ZGrBUeqwXd

— Andrew Torba (@BasedTorba) August 24, 2024

The excerpt from the BKA letter states that the authority wants to hold the user accountable for insult because he published posts that "sexualize the German politician Ricarda Lang and mock her because of her weight." In doing so, the user mocks "a person in political life based on her position in social life."

More mocking images about Lang are circulating on Gab
Since the posts are written in German and the user also speaks in German, the BKA assumes that he lives in Germany. The head of Gab is finally asked to forward the user's full name, date of birth, telephone number and address to the German authorities.

Meanwhile, another excerpt from the BKA letter is circulating on Gab and X. In it, the criminal investigation department presents an example of a post that they consider to be potentially criminal: a pornographic image in which an overweight white woman has sexual intercourse with a dark-skinned man. "Ricarda Lang (28) is now also personally processing asylum applications," it says above.

Source: Junge Freiheit