Germany: Law (DDG) implementing Digital Services Act in Germany designating competent authorities and digital services coordinator

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Law (DDG) implementing Digital Services Act in Germany designating competent authorities and digital services coordinator

On 22 December 2023, the draft Act on Digital Services implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act) and designating the Federal Network Agency as a digital services coordinator was introduced to the lower house of the German parliam…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: e-commerce, software provider: app stores, search service provider, messaging service provider, platform intermediary: other, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2023-12-22
under deliberation

On 22 December 2023, the draft Act on Digital Services implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digi…

2024-04-26
adopted

On 26 April 2024, the German Federal Parliament adopted the Act on Digital Services implementing Re…

2024-05-14
in force

On 14 May 2024, the Act on Digital Services implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Service…