Max Mannhart criticized plans by the broadcasting commission of the states, according to which content classified as "promoting diversity" should be specifically distributed on social media in the future. Every fifth displayed post should therefore come from this category; public broadcasting offerings would automatically belong to it, while the state media authorities should decide on the value of private media. Mannhart wrote that the proposals were contrary to the principles of a free media market. He argued that the significance of public broadcasting should be reinforced through mandatory distribution, allowing the state to decide on the value of media and thus on truth. Moreover, he described the initiative as an extensive subsidy program for selected media companies and warned that it could enable arbitrariness and effectively bring the private media world under state control. https://t.co/R23hUHrIad #Medienfreiheit #ÖffentlichRechtlich #SozialeMedien (translated)