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# German Police Create ‘Nazi Shazam’ To Stop Music As A ‘Gateway Drug’
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/german-police-create-nazi-shazam-to-stop-music-as-a-gateway-drug/
- Published: 2013-12-02T11:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-12-02T11:28:00.000Z
- Description: German police have built a Shazam-like smartphone app that helps them identify hate filled rock songs being used as a recruiting and motivational tool by neo-Nazi and other far-right organizers.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/12/german-police-create-nazi-shazam-to-stop-music
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Cornelius Gurlitt, German, Law enforcement in Germany, Nazi, Nazism, Neo-Nazism, Pablo Picasso, World War II, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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German police have built a Shazam-like smartphone app that helps them identify hate filled rock songs being used as a recruiting and motivational tool by neo-Nazi and other far-right organizers. Music is seen as a "gateway drug" by German authorities. Dubbed the "Nazi Shazam", the app may to be adopted throughout the country after an introductory meeting this week.

A number of legal hurdles need to be addressed, according to [Der Speigal](http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-police-develop-app-to-curb-neonazi-music-a-936711.html?ref=hypebot.com). Lawyers must determine whether the automatic id of music being played in a public place would constitute acoustic surveillance.