Overview

• The Göttingen public prosecutor has launched an investigation into three X managers and the Ireland‑based X International Unlimited Company on suspicion of obstructing justice by withholding subscriber information.
• The probe follows a Göttingen case in which a post displaying a swastika, labeled illegal by X, could not be pursued because authorities were denied the account details.
• Prosecutors in multiple offices report that since summer 2024 X has increasingly failed to answer lawful requests for basic user data in cases involving insults, threats or hate‑speech offenses.
• A court in Hesse has rejected X's legal argument against disclosures under Paragraph 22 of the TDDDG, while an administrative case X filed in the Wiesbaden court to challenge that duty remains pending.
• One of the accused managers is identified as Diego de Lima Gualda, formerly X's Brazil chief, as senior figures from the Greens and SPD call for consequences including the federal government leaving the platform.