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In 2020, we obtained a high-profile ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court, which declared large parts of the foreign surveillance by the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) to be unconstitutional. As a result, the BND Act was amended by the legislature and came into force on 1 January 2022.…

In December 2021, Facebook deleted the page of the Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf (English: Movie Workshop Düsseldorf). The association of filmmakers has made it its mission to spark people's enthusiasm about art and culture through film screenings and discussions. Together with the Filmwerkstatt and the…

In January 2023, the editorial offices of Radio Dreyeckland and the homes of two journalists were searched. The searches and seizure of several laptops were prompted by an article published by the station that linked to an archive of the internet platform linksunten.indymedia, which was banned in…

Together with activist Lars Ritter, we filed a lawsuit at the Berlin Administrative Court in June 2023, which was upheld in March 2025. The court declared the use of pain compliance holds during a peaceful protest to be unlawful. This ruling is a great victory for freedom of assembly. For the first…

Together with the Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - League of Anti-Fascists (VVN-BdA), we filed a complaint with the Administrative Court of Berlin in July 2023. With the lawsuit, we want to have the court declare that the ban on the activist leaving the country was unlawful and…

Together with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and three journalists, the GFF filed an application to have the wiretapping measures taken by the Munich Public Prosecutor's Office against the Last Generation's press telephone reviewed by the courts. The organisation had specifically provided the…

Together with the Alfred Landecker Foundation, the GFF is launching the project "Report it! Strong voices for the police". On the one hand, the project aims to raise awareness about the importance and current situation of whistleblower protection within the police. On the other hand, the project…

Together with an affected Facebook user, GFF is filing a lawsuit against Meta. The company automatically scans Messenger messages sent by users. In doing so, the platform violates the fundamental rights to privacy and to control one’s own data. Meta is relying on a European transitional regulation…

Because of a tweet, the Police University NRW (State North Rhine-Westphalia) withdrew the lecturer Bahar Aslan from her teaching assignment. Aslan had previously expressed concern about right-wing and racist forces in the police force. As a result, the university withdrew Aslan's teaching…

Member of the German federal parliament Robin Mesarosch (SPD) shared a post on his LinkedIn account in which he speaks out against a cooperation with the AfD. LinkedIn classified this post as hate speech and subsequently blocked it. Even after the MP's complaint, the platform stuck to its…