republic in the one nine hundred twenty s. and it can be dangerous to the republic if it is not stopped he could fairly been dinged because it twitter suspended the f.t. politicians account for several hours acting under authority of the new law that requires social media firms to promptly delete suspected criminal hate speech. political correspondent group advantage outlined the after response to those accusations. well the alternative for germany is a right wing populist party and they have made it a political tactic to victimize themselves whenever they they use a provocative statement and then being criticized for it but they call it of course censorship something they always do but this time i think they certainly do have a point because criticism does not only come from the far right it also comes from civil rights groups who say that this net folk network and forstmann blore is introducing censorship through backdoor they say that as the state wants to make the providers deputies for pro for legal prosecution and impose

that is something germany experienced with anti-semitic slogans during the weimar republic in the 1920's. it can be dangerous, if not stopped. >> twitter suspended the politicians account for hours, acting under the authority of a new law that requires media firms to promptly delete criminal hate speech. phil: rupert bea outline the response to these accusations. >> the alternative is a right-wing populist party. they have made it a tactic to victimize themselves and never day use -- victimize themselves whenever they use that language. they call it, of course, censorship. but they certainly do have a point, because criticism does not only come from the far right. it also comes from civil rights groups who say this network enforcement law is introducing censorship through a back door. they say that at the state -- the state wants to make available prosecution, and imposing large fines. this could mean that the providers could eliminate any opinion which they think could be provocative or disputable just to avoid the fines. in the end, this could mean that mainstream opinions could be h

republic on display in a society between two world wars women cut off their hair and throw morals out the window they live and love as they please sex and drugs are rampant but then the hideous face of fascism appears. the unemployed and the wounded fill the streets. artists like the two dicks or george goss take a discerning look at these times of political turmoil even poking fun at hitler. but disaster is quickly approaching. the exhibition depicts an era in which everything seemed possible unlimited freedom and the darkest of business. driven and restless he was one of the best dancers of the twentieth century that's love nugent's king his life story has now been turned into a ballet directed by marko gupta one of today's most fascinating choreographers. it. he rose to fame and fell hard he was a celebrated russian ballet star but plagued by self-doubt cast and his body's iron discipline the dancers soul hinged and he slid into madness. marko good uncovers the beauty behind this despair. little. talk a trial that sings about what it feels like to grow up in a small town they're ba

republic in the one nine hundred twenty s. and it can be dangerous to the republic if it is not stopped he in danger because it twitter suspended the f.t. politicians account for several hours acting under authority of the new law that requires social media firms to promptly delete suspected criminal hate speach. let's get more detail here political correspondent report to welcome rupert to do firstly let's start with batteries phone still. well bit is from stories is a leading figure of the fall rise populist party alternative for james germany or d. and since they entered the german parliament bundestag last year she has been serving them as a deputy leader in the parliamentary party and she has quite a reputation for using provocative statements to gain media attention in two thousand and sixteen see at the height of the refugee crisis she called for the german border police to shoot at refugees when they are crossing the german german border even including women and children and after a huge outcry of criticism she said we

republic when there was such instability that it led to the nazis. lots of countries, including ireland, scandinavia -- canada has had 13 minority governments. new zealand, the dutch. a minority government is not the disaster that angela merkel seems to think it is. it is not necessarily unstable. ,t just means the largest party she would form a government and she would have to get majorities from an active and vibrant chamber of democracy. the bundestag, the parliament. the merits of each case, she would have to make politic. anchor: that includes 92 members of the far right populist -- andreas: precisely, and that is the best way to defuse that populist rise. that's what i was going to say. why is the alternative for germany called "alternative?" because of the word that "alternative left" that merkel coined when she presented everything as -- the lefties and the righties were well together and there is nothing to worry about, debate, or vote on. it is much better if we take the big issues and debate them with shifting majorities. she won't be topp

republic from the end of world war one until the nazis came to power in one nine hundred thirty three and now a brand new coffee table book takes us back to that heady time of great excesses and great suffering in lovingly illustrated images. illustrator. has visited the legendary scenes of the roaring twenty's in berlin and captured them in his work. back then berlin was europe's fun capital. is up from seed and believe. i did a lot of research in berlin but it was mostly in libraries and archives you from a try to form an image of believing based on photos book couples magazines and newspapers has a lot of course i also crisscrossed the city for instance passing through brandenburg gate and thinking wow the great thing about berlin is you can feel the history wherever you go your sister. has made history come alive again in seven hundred sixty five illustrations of his work entitled night falls on berlin in the roaring twenty's depicts the big city lights dancers backstage and performing at the city's famous cabaret venues. the mood in the metropolis is one of sinful pleasure nipple

could turn in contrast to philip kurtz begins his work in the weimar republic. he's interested in how inspector hot deals with a transitional from democracy to dictatorship. and his fifth case qantas in cologne for the famous monday carnival parade. in one nine hundred thirty three mayer khan had ordered the removal of swastika flags from the streets. the parade motto was con of a like it used to be. but not the flags were everywhere one year later and racist and anti-semitic themes also featured increasingly on the flights this reached its india in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine. that here there will be gas. and by nine hundred forty five colonial a in ruins. but in one thousand nine hundred eighty three cotswold was still in pretty good shape he even had a fling after all it was khan of all time. influence i think in those days things weren't as permissive as they are today still at the carnival celebrations guys could find a girl everyone was in a party mood auto so found a woman but unfortunately he was already engaged that was not exactly appropriate

republic in the one nine hundred twenty s. and it can be dangerous to the republic if it is not stopped the in danger because it twitter suspended the f.t. politicians account for several hours acting under authority of the new law that requires social media firms to promptly delete suspected criminal hate speech. let's bring our political correspondent rupert parts what more can you tell us about this new german law that goes into effect. all this network and foresman law is the outcome of a very long debate we have seen in germany on how to tackle the increase of hate speech and fake news especially on social media it is a political full social networks bigger than well who have more than two million users here in germany so in the end it affects mostly facebook and twitter and it makes them responsible for all the content that has been published on these platforms by the users so what they have to do is they have to monitor themselves what the users are publishing and if a complaint comes in they only have twenty four hours