Media institutions demand more regulation

A new study published on 21 August in Nature attempts to answer the baffling question of how online hate groups manage to thrive on social media platforms.

February 9, 2020

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This article was translated from German

There are clear words with which four state media outlets are raising the alarm: the platforms Facebook, Twitter and Google would not comply with the commitments they have made to the European Union. In a confidential monitoring for the EU Commission, which is available from NDR and WDR , the media institutions therefore recommend more extensive regulatory measures for social networks.

The previous self-regulation of the platforms was "neither effective nor proportionate", says the report. One could "speak of a system failure", says Tobias Schmid, director of the State Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM).

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