NetzDG

March 24, 2019

Blog: Rice bunny, #metoo, and NetzDG or: are the days of social media numbered?

Would you be surprised if I told you #ricebunny and #metoo are the same thing? If so, I highly recommend listening to this Note To Self podcast that digs into the effects and manifestation of the me too movement in China — and that inspired me to write this post… Read full post.
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April 9, 2018

Talk: Harvard Kennedy School, Boston

Invited to give a seminar on content and platform regulation as part of the digital / tech policy programme at Harvard Kennedy School. Read more.
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December 30, 2017

Blog: Content and platform regulation: The German case and what’s to come in 2018

In 2017, Germany made international headlines as a potential new “free speech sheriff” when the parliament passed the “Act to improve the enforcement of the law in social networks”, or in German “NetzDG”, on June 30. The law entered into force on October 1, 2017 and requires affected platforms to be compliant by January 1,
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July 25, 2017

Blog: Is Germany (involuntarily) setting a global digital agenda?

National elections in September 2017. All things come to a halt; political attention is directed towards campaigning. Not so in Germany these days. In a flurry of decisions, Germany has been busy shaping a comprehensive digital agenda — with an increasing number of global implications. Read full post.
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Cathleen Berger