LAW AGAINST HATRED CONTENT ON | SOCIAL MEDIA SITES IN GERMANY
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LAW AGAINST HATRED CONTENT ON | SOCIAL MEDIA SITES IN GERMANY
A law is being implemented in Germany, which will be demanded from social media sites to quickly remove hate content, small news and illegal content from their sites.
Sites that do not remove 'apparently illegal' posts can be fined upto five million euros.
According to this law, these networks will be told first that they are showing illegal content and then they will have 24 hours to remove it.
Those laws which are more than 20 million social networks and media sites, will come under this law.
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube will be the main focus of this law, but it may also be on account of Reddit, Tumblr and Russian social network 'V'. Other sites such as Vimio and Flickr can also be found.
The 'Networks DG' Act was passed in June 2017 and it was implemented in October last year.
Social networks were given the time until the end of 2017 to prepare themselves for the Networks DG.
According to the information, Facebook has employed hundreds of people in Germany to identify the content that violates the network DG and can monitor well what the people are posting.
However, in Germany, this law has also got a controversial situation. Some believe that it will unofficially promote restrictions on expressions or expressions.
LAW AGAINST HATRED CONTENT ON | SOCIAL MEDIA SITES IN GERMANY
A law is being implemented in Germany, which will be demanded from social media sites to quickly remove hate content, small news and illegal content from their sites.
Sites that do not remove 'apparently illegal' posts can be fined upto five million euros.
According to this law, these networks will be told first that they are showing illegal content and then they will have 24 hours to remove it.
Those laws which are more than 20 million social networks and media sites, will come under this law.
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube will be the main focus of this law, but it may also be on account of Reddit, Tumblr and Russian social network 'V'. Other sites such as Vimio and Flickr can also be found.
The 'Networks DG' Act was passed in June 2017 and it was implemented in October last year.
Social networks were given the time until the end of 2017 to prepare themselves for the Networks DG.
According to the information, Facebook has employed hundreds of people in Germany to identify the content that violates the network DG and can monitor well what the people are posting.
However, in Germany, this law has also got a controversial situation. Some believe that it will unofficially promote restrictions on expressions or expressions.
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