@pernia @kaia @moth_ball

> so those laws only apply on domestic websites?

Nominally, they apply globally, but Germany can't enforce things outside their own borders.

> a german will be arrested for writing a mean comment on nice Oma's recipe blog, but not on instagram?

If they can find you.

Facebook/Twitter/Google/etc. are happy to hand this information over. A lot of these tech companies have offices in Ireland, which is EU turf, which gives the EU jurisdiction.