Germany: Bill relating to criminal protection of personal rights against deepfakes
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
05 Jul 2024 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Germany
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Introduced Bill relating to criminal protection of personality rights against deepfakes
On 5 July 2024, the Federal Council of Germany (Bundesrat) introduced a draft law aimed at the criminal protection of personality rights against deepfakes to the German Federal Parliament. The draft law creates a new criminal offense named the viola…
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament