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October 21, 2022 CEP Staff

Germany Fines Telegram For Failing To Comply With Online Content Moderation Law

Last week, the German Federal Office for Justice announced that it had issued two fines totaling €5.125 million against Telegram for failing to comply with the country’s Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), Germany’s online content moderation law. The...

June 17, 2020 CEP Staff

EU Anti-Terror Law Facing Opposition From Big Tech

The European Union’s (EU) proposed Terrorist Content Regulation continues to face opposition from major tech companies including Google/YouTube and Microsoft. The new regulation would allow EU member states to impose fines on tech firms of up to four...

March 26, 2020 CEP Staff

Tech Companies Failing To Comply With Germany’s NetzDG Law, Study Finds

CEP Study Finds That Only 43.5 Percent Of Extremist And Terrorist Content Is Removed On Major Platforms The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Berlin conducted a new study between January 31 st and February 14 th to test big tech’s compliance with...

November 20, 2019 CEP Staff

Tech Relies on Fallacious Arguments to Obstruct Regulatory Efforts Like Germany’s NetzDG

Enacted in 2018, Germany’s pioneering and ambitious Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG ) represents an important milestone in curbing online extremism. However, the law, which fines online platforms for failures to delete illegal content, has been a...

January 30, 2019 CEP Staff

Tech Industry’s PR Blitz on Full Display at Davos

Record Spending on Special Interest Lobbying Belies Tech Industry Rhetoric Last week, the world’s biggest tech companies converged on the World Economic Forum, an annual high-profile gathering of global elites in Davos, Switzerland. Tech execs spent...

January 16, 2019 CEP Staff

Tech Deploys Familiar Playbook to Dodge Regulation

Germany’s Efforts to Hold Facebook Accountable Concerning Privacy Run Into Same Problems as Online Extremism Germany is again finding reason to regulate the tech industry. The country’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt , recently expressed...

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Germany Fines Telegram For Failing To Comply With Online Content Moderation Law

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Tech Companies Failing To Comply With Germany’s NetzDG Law, Study Finds

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