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Germany: new bill obliges social media networks to monitor and remove certain unlawful content

28/04/2017

Hate speech and fake news are demons of our digital era, but under German law, hosting providers such as Facebook, are not required to monitor or actively search for hate speech in the content they make available. Providers are only liable for content they make...

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Portrait ofMartin Gerecke
Dr. Martin Gerecke, M.Jur. (Oxford)
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Hamburg