On August 10, 2021, SRF News published the following post on Instagram: "Germany abolishes free coronavirus tests".
It was about the fact that from October 11, 2021, rapid coronavirus tests would no longer be free of charge in Germany.
One person left the following comment on the SRF article:
"Let them introduce it in Switzerland too.
I don't have to go to a bar or anything else.
I can also dance on the street and mix my own drinks, and I don't need a vacation abroad.
So far, I've managed well without any tests or vaccinations."
The SRF News editorial team deleted the comment a few hours later.
The person who wrote the comment lodged a complaint against the deletion of the
comment, whereupon a five-year legal dispute began.
Although SRF has its own legal department, it hired an expensive external lawyer.
For five years, SRF defended itself against the accusation of unlawful deletion of the harmless comment by the
complainant, instead of restoring the comment with one click.
After a long legal dispute, SRF finally lost before the Federal Court on December 3, 2025 and had to pay a total of CHF
9,000 in compensation for the censored person's legal fees.
This does not even include the presumably impressive costs of the external lawyer.
Instead of restoring the unlawfully deleted comment, as requested by the complainant, SRF
preferred a five-year, cost-intensive legal dispute.
The SRF seems to feel very secure in its position, as the Swiss population pays the
highest radio and television fees in the world.
Although the public has long been dissatisfied with the quality of reporting, SRF is
compulsorily financed with CHF 335 per household.
SRF can therefore also defend itself in court against complaints from its viewers.
The Complaints Authority for Radio and Television UBI received more complaints in 2025 than ever before: 54 complaints!
The number of complaints increases every year.
So 27 Swiss households paid for SRF not to have to restore this commentary with "one click".
How many Swiss households have had to pay extra to enable SRF to hire an external lawyer?
We haven't even mentioned the salaries of the numerous federal judges and court clerks involved.
That's why you should vote "YES" to the popular initiative on March 8: 200 francs is enough!
The SRG is financing itself with 400,000 francs during the referendum campaign in order to keep its loyal payers on board!
Although Kla.TV and many other alternative channels prove that things can be done without compulsory funding, SRG is
determined to keep its empire running with more than 7,100 employees and a budget of around CHF 1.5 billion.
80% of this gigantic budget is financed by the mandatory fee.
However, the quality of the state broadcaster continues to decline drastically, and the
one-sided reporting is massively dividing the people.
A current prime example of this is the SRF report on the "Fact or Fake" theme week, in which investigative journalists such
as Prisca Würgler, Christian Schmid Rodriguez and Roman Westermann are portrayed as politically naive and unpredictable.
They had fallen into the "maelstrom" of "conspiracy theories".
Yet it is courageous people who are standing up to the uniformity of the state media with their
magazine "Die Freien" and the "Graswurzle" movement.
They were deceitfully deceived by SRF journalist Donat Hofer and humiliated in front of SRF viewers.
Her most important core statements were not published, but censored.
Do we want to pay 335 francs a year for such low quality journalism?
No, 200 francs is far more than enough!