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The German legislator has, in principle, adopted the Network Enforcement Act (NEA) (in German: “Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz”) which will impose stringent new obligations on social media platform providers in relation to unlawful content. This an attempt to more effectively combat fake news and hate speech. Click here for our detailed client alert.Who will the NEA apply to?The NEA will apply to, and impose obligations on, providers of social media platforms that have at least two million registered…

On 28 June 2017, the German telecommunications regulator (Bundesnetzagentur, “BNetzA”) decided to suspend enforcement of the provisions of the German Telecommunications Act which required providers of publicly available telephone services for end users and providers of publicly available internet access services for end users to retain certain metadata (e.g. number of the calling and called party, date and time of the connection etc.) from 1 July 2017 onwards. This follows an order of 22 June 2017,…