It's not the same thing. It has been illegal to insult people or calling for their murder. The new laws in contrast are very vague and give the government much more room for interpretation.

For example, from Wikipedia, "agitation" is not allowed.

Merely disagreeing with a politician can be considered hate speech.

It does not take a lot of effort, either, just using certain words can be sufficient.

Germany now also seems to have the concept of "protected groups" that you can not critizize in any way, which I think is probably new. I am not a lawyer, though.