“Hip-hop-hop visionary, cultural icons and controversial talent will perform on July 20, 2025, especially at the Rubikon Festival in Bratislawa. It will be his only confirmation live performance in Europe in 2025-and will ever show the first show in Slovakia in History,” The organizers confirmed the incident website on Monday. “Rubicon Festival is increasing the bar at a full new level for European festivals.”His participation in the festival has led to anger. More than 3,000 people have already signed a petition, in which the festival was asked to cancel the rapper’s performance, earlier known as Kanye West.The author of the petition says that in recent years, repeatedly and openly Nazi has adopted symbolism and ideology associated with Germany, for example, “I am a Nazi” and “I Love Hitler” on social media platforms.The petition stated, “He also affects the crimes of the totalitarian dictatorial rule and the atrocities of war, which also affects the Slovak population.”The petition refers to the latest track, “Heil Hitler”, which was released on 8 May – 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II.The song mentions Nazi salute that was used, while Adolf Hitler was in power. The artwork of the single resembles a swastika, and the song ends with a longer sample from a Hitler speech.The song has also been banned in Germany as mentioned in the petition as well.
Nazi symbol prohibited in Germany
Within Germany, the video cannot be seen between their positions on X, the social media platform which was previously known as Twitter. Post is visible by changing someone’s location in the United States with VPN.“Heil Hitler” was used as an official greeting in Nazi Germany. Together, the speed of the hand, which is made with the right hand and built with a palm downwards, is said to have originated in ancient Rome and then adopted by Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in the 1920s.Later, Hitler signed it as Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.In the later era, West German authorities banned the use of several Nazi symbols and gestures as the country emerged from the Holocaust, which claimed millions of victims across Europe.Public performance or spread of Nazi symbols and slogans such as hand gestures or phrase became a criminal offense under Section 86A of the German Criminal Code.This law prohibits the use of symbols associated with “unconstitutional organizations”, which includes people associated with the party, such as Swastik, SS Run and Nazi salutes and slogans.Using such symbols or gestures can be punished up to three years of jail or penalty.Rejecting Holocost is illegal in Germany and many other European countries, as well as Canada and Israel.Eighty years after the end of the war, the ban on Nazi -related material is strict
Nazi symbols were not banned in America
To compete with the rise and growing antisementism of far-flung groups, other countries have also banned symbols of hatred-recently. In February, Australia passed a law against hatred crimes including minimal sentences for displaying hatred symbols including Nazi salutes.In the United States, many forms of vulgar language are protected by the first amendment of the US Constitution, which is to guarantee free expression.It is not illegal to demonstrate Nazi salute or wear swastika in the United States.Since World War II, salutes are often used by neo-Nazis and white nationalists. In 2016, for example, a shocking video featured a white domination group, which showed Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory and extended its arms in a clear Nazi-style salute.In January, X-owner Elon Musk, who openly supports the nationalist option for the German party, came under investigation to perform the performance to look like Nazi-style opening in the second opening of Trump. Musk’s defenders claimed that it was accidental; Many observers deliberately saw it.In response, activists of the campaign group led by the donkey introduced an image at their Tesla factory outside Berlin, showing Kasturi, showing, showing as “heel tesla”. The group felt that if the German authorities had considered the symbol illegal according to the country’s criminal code, it would prove that Musk had performed the Nazi salute.Musk has been hit by fire in recent years to express antisemitic views, including responding to a user on X in 2023, accusing Jewish communities of “pushing”. Dualistic hatred against whites, “a conspiracy theory popular among white dominations.“You have said the real truth,” Musk tweeted the user in an answer.
Lack of tech company regulation
Although platforms, including Spotify, YouTube and SoundCloud, worked quickly to ban single after release due to their antisemental content, the video was widely available on X. Even though you have been suspended several times from Twitter and now X, X for Antyssemtic materials, its account has always been restored.These celebrity status also shared the videos to fans to share videos on Facebook, Instagram and Redit, millions of times, millions of times. This shows how low the Big Tech companies feel – or want to involve the removal of aggressive materials once published. To remove the video and remove it, the scuffle has renewed the content policies of major technical companies, especially the social media platforms owned by the meta.In the light of the video, the Anti-Defense League, a US-based, international non-governmental organizations, which compete with antismitism, bigotry and discrimination, asked Facebook and Instagram to resume users from Facebook and Instagram to resume users from Facebook and Instagram.Meta announced in January that it would no longer appoint fact checkers, and in the light of the “recent elections” would loose the rules around abusive language and abuse – Trump’s reference to President’s victory.Nevertheless, supporters by the latest single of U-Hitler rhetoric are still under the company’s rule “it is associated historically to intimidate harmful stereotypes, including blackfase and holocaust refusal.”
