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Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf media regulation proposals

Overview

Legal expert Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf has advocated for increased regulation and oversight of social and new media in Germany. Following her unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Federal Constitutional Court, she suggested the creation of a state-independent supervisory authority to address gaps in the protection of personality rights. She attributed her judicial election defeat to alleged digital and AI-driven campaigns.

Brosius-Gersdorf further proposed measures to combat online hate speech and defamation by requiring social media platforms to collect the real names and addresses of users during registration. Under this proposal, while users could maintain pseudonyms for interaction, victims of criminal acts or personality rights violations would have a legal right to request the identity of perpetrators from platform operators to facilitate legal proceedings.

Entities

Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf · German Federal Constitutional Court · Bundestag · new and social media · German government

Timeline

  1. 20 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf calls for better protection against online hate

    Legal expert Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf calls for social media platforms to require real identities during registration to better protect users against online hate speech and defamation.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Frauke Brosius‑Gersdorf urges independent oversight of new and social media in Germany

    Former German constitutional court candidate Frauke Brosius‑Gersdorf called for an independent oversight body for new and social media, citing personality‑right gaps and alleging AI‑driven campaigns contributed

Sources

mobil.zeit.de · newsfeed.zeit.de