 Officials took it upon themselves to rid young West Germans of content which featured expletives, sexual interactions, excessive affection, war, or substance use.When the official government, the Federal Republic of Germany ("Bundesrepublik Deutschland") took over in 1949, the limits on free speech were relaxed.The new German constitution from 1949 guaranteed freedom of press, speech, and opinion; the government continued to fight "anti-constitutional" activities, especially communist subversion during the Cold War.