Part of what prosecutors say is a coordinated effort to curb online hate speech in Germany. Sharyn Alfonsi: What's the typical reaction when the police show up at somebody's door and they say, "Hey, ...

In the U.S., most of what we say online, even if it's hate filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in Germany, prosecutors and cops police the internet.

CBS’ Sharyn Alfonsi juxtaposed how, even as the United States allows "hate-filled or toxic" speech, Germany is "trying to bring some civility to the worldwide web by policing it in a way most ...

CBS’ "60 Minutes" aired a friendly interview Sunday with local German officials as the country's government initiates a nationwide crackdown on offensive speech. CBS’ Sharyn Alfonsi juxtaposed ...

But in Germany, prosecutors and cops police the internet. Sharyn Alfonsi: It's 6:01 on a Tuesday morning, and we were with state police as they raided this apartment in northwest Germany.

CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi offered minimal pushback; at one point, she did suggest that surveilling citizens to this degree and prosecuting them for wrongthink was itself sort of Nazi-esque.

The report that followed put a spotlight on Germany's strict laws cracking down on offensive online speech, authoritarian efforts spun by "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi as an effort to ...

In the U.S., most of what gets posted online, even if it's hate-filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in Germany, authorities are prosecuting online trolls in an effort to ...

Journalist Sharyn Alfonsi followed German police on speech raids for “60 Minutes.” 60 Minutes/YouTube As Germany demonstrates, banning “hate speech” is a slippery slope to abandoning free ...