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New German Law Risks Chilling Effect on Free Speech in Social Media (Security Week)
2017-07-03 11:52

Germany passed a new law on Friday that imposes fines of up to €50 million on social media services with more than 2 million German users if they fail to remove hate speech or other illegal content. Where the infringement is obvious, it must be done within 24 hours; where it is less obvious it must be done within 7 days. read more


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