CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on BBC World News "The Context with Christian Fraser"

Wednesday, Dec 07, 2022

On December 7, 2022, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with Christian Fraser and panelists on BBC World News "The Context". Dr. Schindler discussed news that German authorities arrested 25 people suspected of plotting to overthrow Germany's government and install their own. The suspects are reportedly members of the Reichsbürger movement and included some QAnon conspiracy theorists.

"The primary planning tool was online, chat fora. There were a couple of physical meetings where they tried to recruit members of the police and military forces, but all of the primary planning was done online. This means messenger services and social media, which really don't have the controls in place to hinder or in any way bother people planning these things. This is not the very first time that something similar like this has been discovered in Germany..."

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