German Jobcenter staff Jürgen Sonneck cares shit about EU’s commitments to free expression: Libel and privacy

Jürgen Sonneck, alias C. Paucher, bevorzugt
den dunklen Siff der Anonymität.
Insbesondere auf dem Internet.
Hier ist er links zu sehen.

Meet Jürgen Sonneck (pictured left in FTW mode), second in charge of the Munich government agency Jobcenter, as he is celebrating another filling of a low-wage job Germany is so proud of.

Dude is busy when he is not running, and no, that red flag in the bg is not a Nazi flag, in making sure his professional home turf is not infringed upon. That entails among other things a clear opinion about his and his company's commitment to free expression (1) which is plain, precise and simple:

FUCK THAT SHIT !

Because, you see, duty is duty and company imperatives are company imperatives and they run for example like this:

If you are a staff at the low-wage jobs provider government agency Jobcenter (yes, that notorious Hartz thing) and you happen to see some juicy young sugar tits still lolling around in school at age 18+ with the dubious intention of getting a higher school education, well that gets your balls tingling and your adrenaline flow rushing.

After all, here you have some tantalizing young flesh you could entice in a slimy way and gingerly coax her out of school - sure, you can not say that openly but rather like a sweet uncle on the road dangling some candy - by pretending to care about her. In any way, you have to get that pussy out of school and into a job, capisce.

If you are successful in this, you gain some valuable points on your yearly assessment sheet, it might save your ass job (because most staff are on term contracts!) for another one or two years and if you are the top honcho of that particular Jobcenter you will earn a nice premium on top of your already quite lavish salary.

So with this in mind, when someone comes around and puts up a blog post about just that Jürgen Sonneck gets really fucking pissed and files a charge with the local police. Our young chap Jürgen Sonneck can rest assured, because he can bank on the most rotten court in Germany that this blog publication will be prosecuted and fined, because calling some Jobcenter ass

Slimy staff and putting that guy's intention in some historical context with Nazi-Germany's take on education

is VERBOTEN in good ol' Germany and Bavaria in particular. Germany needs a cheap labor force, no matter how. If this is achieved by infringing on free speech, so be it. Despite three emails, the fat German labor minister Andrea Nahles did see no reason to respond. It's Fritzl country, you keep quiet. That's the German way.

Mike Harris has an article covering the problems of some countries where "archaic national laws have been left unreformed and therefore contain provisions that have the potential to chill freedom of expression." Germany is one such country.

"The parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe called on states to repeal criminal sanctions for libel in 2007, as did both the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and UN special rapporteurs on freedom of expression.[3] Criminal defamation laws chill free speech by making it possible for journalists to face jail or a criminal record (which will have a direct impact on their future careers), in connection with their work."

Unlike Germany which just went through a ridiculous charge against the blog netzpolitik.org "other countries have clear public interest defences. The Swedish Personal Data Act (PDA), or personuppgiftslagen (PUL), was enacted in 1998 and provides strong protections for freedom of expression by stating that in cases where there is a conflict between personal data privacy and freedom of the press or freedom of expression, the latter will prevail. The Supreme Court of Sweden backed this principle in 2001 in a case where a website was sued for breach of privacy after it highlighted criticisms of Swedish bank officials."

In another article Indexcensorship.org reports:

Europe’s journalists face growing climate of fear

"While no country is immune from pressures on media professionals, the five countries with the most reports were EU candidate country Turkey (114), member state Hungary (93), candidate country Serbia (74), founding member state Italy (71) and founding member state Germany (48)."

The Jobcenter Munich and Jürgen Sonneck in cohorts with the rotten court of Munich consider the

EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline

totally dispensable and non-binding.

The Guidelines read for example:


The EU will:

a) Work against arbitrary attacks, indiscriminate abuse of criminal and civil proceedings, defamation campaigns and excessive restrictions on journalists, media actors, NGOs and social media personalities launched with the aim of preventing these associations and individuals from freely exercising their right to freedom of expression. 
b) Condemn any restriction on freedom of expression and censorship, both online and offline, in violation of international human rights law. 
c) Urge repealing or amending of laws or practices that penalise individuals or organisations for exercising their right to express opinions or disseminate information, both bilaterally and in multilateral and regional human rights fora.

Here some eye candy:

Germany leader in defamation law suits

An overview of use of defamation, libel and insult in Europe is given and compared to the situation in Germany.
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(1) The former man. director of the Jobcenter Munich had the audacity in 2012 to demand the take down of a blog post or pay a fine of € 10,000.