The Münster Higher Administrative Court ruled the North Rhine-Westphalia police department cannot share photos of public protesters on social media or any other public platform, DW reports. The ruling comes after police posted images to Facebook and Twitter of protesters in May 2018. A pair of protesters filed a lawsuit and won their case in a Gelsenkirchen court. The higher court upheld the ruling after an appeal was made by the department. Judge Sebastian Beimesche said sharing such photos on social media could infringe on the right to assembly found in German law. "We found no legal grounds for these kinds of photos," Beimesche said.
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