German Chancellery, what is the Government’s Blocking policy on Social Network Twitter?

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German Chancellery
Willy-Brandt-Straße 1
10557 Berlin

Fax: +49 3018 400-2357

Jan. 20, 2019

Subject: Government’s Blocking policy on Social Network Twitter

Sir, madam,

• Some time around 2017 or first half 2018 I (@ErebusSagace) was blocked @BMAS_Bund on Twitter.
• In June/July 2018 I was blocked @BMFSFJ on Twitter after I had emailed a Pdf about the criminal (libel) civil servant Jürgen Sonneck who had emailed a criminal complaint against me to the Munich police in May 2015 using the false name “C. Paucher”.
• Two enquiring emails to your ‘Social Media Editor of the Public Relations Unit of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media’ Dr. Katharina Henschen on Aug. 25 and Sept. 01, 2018 as to why I was blocked were left unanswered!
• An Email from the government spokesman Mr Seibert from Sept. 06, 2018 to the Ministry of Family Affairs on my behalf elicited no response either.

I can not help getting the impression that constitutional rights do not apply to Hartz 4 recipients.

I wish to know why I was blocked on Twitter. I would appreciate a written answer stating the reason(s) and the official government’s policy on blocking on social networks by end of February 2019. Preferably in Pdf form, s'il vous plaît.

• I trust you are aware that freedom of information comprises of two components: the principle of democracy according to Article 20 (1) Basic Law and the right to privacy according to Article 2 (1) in conjunction with Article 1 (1) Basic Law, because information is a vital element on the path to development of a personality.
• May I also draw your attention to “The Leipziger-Volkszeitung” decision of the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) of October 3, 1969, in which the Federal Constitutional Court deals with the importance of the Freedom of Information (Rezipientenfreiheit) as an independent fundamental right.
• The Court’s decision has some peculiarity in that “this fundamental right was introduced only after 1945 on the basis of the experiences with the state steering of the information and Gleichschaltung in the Nazi state in Germany” (Wikipedia, see above).
• Furthermore, a glance across the pond could serve as an example of free speech and information: “Blocking of Twitter Users from @RealDonaldTrump Violates First Amendment”. I encourage you in particular to read paragraph 1 and 3 and perhaps gain some inspiration.

Thank you,

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Here is the lawsuit against the German Labor Ministry (BMAS) in German language. Thank you.

Klage gegen Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales wegen der Blockierung auf Twitter