# TL;DR
> In 2017, it became trendy for people to change their social media profile locations to Germany. This behavior was widespread, publicized, & pushed by big names.
> By changing the profile's location to Germany, a user is granted access to a platform sanitized via Germany's ==[NetzDG](NetzDG.md)== laws.
> Furthermore, simply by using a VPN, people who are not German are able to submit reports on a social media site's content and invoke some of the harshest censorship laws in the modern world.
## Aggregate
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> Twitter lists these instructions on a support page, but it doesn't mention that you can hide Nazis this way. (A separate page explains content withholding.) ==Here's how to do it:==
> ==As user CanolaYogurt [points out](https://archive.is/CmLjA), Twitter saves the setting in your browser, not your account. So you can log into other accounts, and you'll still get German filtering.== But you'll need to re-apply the setting in every different browser or computer you use.
> [Hide Nazis With This Twitter Setting](Hide%20Nazis%20With%20This%20Twitter%20Setting.md) - 10-13-2017
> … Imaginary Germany. I'd gotten the tip from a canny Twitter user that—it was a rumor, really—==you could reset your location in your Twitter profile and, in a flash, get the benefit of German anti-hate-speech laws.== The Nazis in my timeline, I was told, would dry up. Should I stay and fight on America's Twitter shores? Hell, no. Internet times call for internet measures.
> - [Ich Bin Ein Tweeter](Ich%20Bin%20Ein%20Tweeter.md) - **02-05-2018** - [Virginia Heffernan](Virginia%20Heffernan.md)
### Following the Digital Trail
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> 10-01-2017 - "go to Twitter… change country, and retype your password, et voila - choose your jurisdiction" - [Archive](https://archive.is/ZzXl4)
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> Followed by the [World Economic Forum](World%20Economic%20Forum.md) Twitter account with nearly 1 million followers and follows less than 1,000 people.
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> Website [Archive](https://archive.is/kcZEr)
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> 10-14-2017 - [Archive](https://archive.is/9Hs6Y)
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> 10-18-2017 - [Archive](https://archive.is/20230530204749/https://twitter.com/J_LightsOn/status/920622238147194880)
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> 12-04-2017 - [Virginia Heffernan](Virginia%20Heffernan.md) - [Archive](https://archive.is/yG1Ik)
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> 12-04-2017 - [Archive](https://archive.is/5KYyN)
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> Bill Prady - Big Bang Theory - [Profile Archive](https://archive.is/20220713013846/https://twitter.com/billprady)
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> 12-09-2017 - [Snopes](Snopes.md) - [Archive](https://archive.is/xC9qJ)
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> 12-17-2017 - "Tell her to change her social media location to Germany." - [Archive](https://archive.is/wHVz6)
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> 12-19-2017 - [Archive](https://archive.is/Bu4o9)
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> 01-02-2018 - [Archive](https://archive.is/8IIj9)
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> 01-06-2018 - Mark McAndrew - Archive
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> 06-01-2018 - Michael Veale - [Archive](https://archive.is/wCfS8)
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> "Lecturer in Digital Rights & Regulation." - [Profile Archive](https://archive.is/4UH33)
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> "Digital Rights Academic, University College London." - [Site Archive](https://archive.is/kza2R)
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> 08-01-2018 - [Archive](https://archive.is/yU0zA) - Report Coaching
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> 10-27-2018 - [Archive](https://archive.is/TQqfT)
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> "Tweeting about Digital Policy." - [Archive](https://archive.is/hWp9F)
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> 3-1-2021 - [Archive](https://archive.ph/ZFBjd) - Tea Pain USA
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