“It is about the question of whether at all and in what quality online journalism can be offered and used in the future – it is about freedom of information without paywalls. This is fundamental to democracy,” the company writes.

Fucking rich coming from Axel Springer of all places. If there’s one media company in Germany working to undermine democracy and support fascists, it’s fucking Axel Springer. They are the lowest of the low in Germany’s media landscape and if they stopped existing tomorrow the country would be much better off for it.