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The GFF has lodged a constitutional complaint with the German Constitutional Court against the Bavarian Police Duties Act (BayPAG), joined by the #noPAG alliance, an association of over 80 civil society organizations, and the Campact citizens’ movement. The complaint is directed against the Act’s…

The GFF intervened in the proceedings before the Federal Administrative Court concerning the banning of linksunten.indymedia with an amicus curiae brief. The Internet platform was banned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) in August 2017, based on the Association Act (Vereinsgesetz).…

The GFF coordinated a constitutional complaint against a discriminatory cost regulation in accommodation pursuant to section 63 StGB. The Society for Civil Rights coordinated a constitutional complaint against a decision of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main. The constitutional…

On June 24, 2022, the Bundestag passed the repeal of the ban on advertising abortions in Section 219a of the German Penal Code. The law does not require the approval of the Bundesrat (upper house of the German parliament), but must still be passed, executed and promulgated in order to enter into…

Twitter blocks have two effects: First, they prevent the blocking Twitter account from having to take note of what the blocked person writes on Twitter. This is a questionable way for public authorities to shield themselves from critical comments on Twitter. On the other hand, blocked persons can…

The GFF filed an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Microsoft v. United States of America. In January 2018, the GFF intervened in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court between Microsoft and the United States of America with an amicus curiae brief to advocate for the protection of…

The Federal Constitutional Court largely upheld the GFF's lawsuit against the Bavarian Constitution Protection Act (BayVSG) in 2022, thereby delivering a landmark ruling. As a result, the Bavarian legislature reformed the BayVSG in 2023. On April 26, 2022, the Federal Constitutional Court largely…

On August 22, 2018, the GFF lodged a constitutional complaint in Karlsruhe against the use of so-called state trojans and the government's irresponsible handling of IT security gaps. It is directed against the amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO) introduced on August, 24 2017. Among…

The criminalisation of whistleblowers and investigative journalists is contrary to the freedom of the press. We go to court for their protection! Jointly with an alliance of civil rights organizations and journalists, GFF is challenging the new Criminal Code provision on "handling stolen data".…

Jointly with FragDenStaat.de, the GFF supported lawsuits under the Freedom of Information Act (IFG) from 2016 to 2019 in order to make the work of politics and administration in Germany more transparent - with success, as already decided cases show. Successful transparency…