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Act to Improve Enforcement of the Law in Social Networks S&D Digital Working Groups Conference Brussels, 6 September 2017 Results jugendschutz.net Monitoring 100 90 90 80 % of unlawful content removed following 70 notification by a


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Act to Improve Enforcement of the Law in Social Networks

S&D Digital Working Groups Conference Brussels, 6 September 2017

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Results jugendschutz.net Monitoring

31.05.2017 | page 2 St Billen | Network Enforcement Act |

% of unlawful content removed following notification by a user 46 10 1 39 90 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 FacebookYouTube Twitter Jul/Aug 2016

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Network Enforcement Act

  • Introduction of compliance rules on social

networks (more than 2 Mio. registered users)

  • Unlawful content

 Hate crime  Fake news (if it fulfills the elements of criminal

  • ffences)

 Child pornography  Promotion of terrorism

31.05.2017 | page 3 St Billen | Network Enforcement Act |

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Instruments

  • Compliance rules for notice and take down

management, e.g.

 Deletion of manifestly unlawful content within 24h  Deletion of unlawful content mainly within 7 days  Archivation of content for evidentiary purposes  Duty to inform affected users about decisions taken

  • Reporting and publication obligations
  • Fines up to 5 million / 50 million Euros

31.05.2017 | page 4 St Billen | Network Enforcement Act |

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More Instruments

  • Social networks must authorise designated

person(s) to receive service and information requests

  • Right to information about violator. A court
  • rder is necessary to enforce this right

31.05.2017 | page 5 St Billen | Network Enforcement Act |

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Criticism

  • Freedom of speech?

 Compliance Rules only apply for content punishable under German penal code

  • Overblocking?

 Fines only for systemic mismanangement and culpable violations  Not in interest of networks  Networks can delegate tricky cases to a co-regulated institution („regulierte Selbstregulierung“)

31.05.2017 | page 6 St Billen | Network Enforcement Act |