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Germany: Publication of draft amendment of NetzDG increasing user rights

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Publication of draft amendment of NetzDG increasing user rights

The German Cabinet publishes its proposal for an amendment of the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, which focusses on increasing user rights to report abuse and avoid overblocking. The reporting of hateful content is facilitated and harmonised, and new mechanisms for users` protection from blocking is enhanced.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-04-01
under deliberation

The German Cabinet publishes its proposal for an amendment of the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, whic…

2020-05-06
under deliberation

The German parliament started the debate on amending the NetzDG to increase user rights based on th…

2021-05-06
adopted

The German Bundestag adopts the revised version of the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz as proposed by t…

2021-06-28
in grace period

The amendment of the NetzDG enters into force on 28 June 2021, following the publication of the law…

2022-02-01
in force

On 1 February 2022, the enhanced duty of reporting illegal content, which includes adding a timesta…