Matthias C.Kettemann Profile picture
Professor of Innovation, Theory, and Philosophy of Law @futurelawUIBK @uniinsbruck • media law and policy @BredowInstitut • internet governance @hiig_berlin
Jul 29, 2021 12 tweets 3 min read
Hi @daphnehk @Klonick @evelyndouek and everyone who is having their morning coffee: The BGH (German Federal Supreme Court) (3rd Civil Senate) has ruled today (cases III ZR 179/20 und III ZR 192/20) "that FB terms and conditions (of 2018) ... for the deletion of user posts and account blocking in the event of violations of the communication standards set out in the terms and conditions are invalid." Why? because FB "does not simultaneously undertake to inform the user about the removal of his post ...
Sep 4, 2020 15 tweets 7 min read
Dear transatlantic platform regulation fans @daphnehk @evelyndouek @Klonick (back yet?) @daniellecitron ... there's a new normative player in town. Austria has notified its own #NetzDG to the Commission: bit.ly/3jNf4OG Slight disadvantage: there's only a German version So I'll give you some first highlights: 1) It's called Kommunikationsplattformen-Gesetz (Communications Plattform Law, KoPl-G). 2) It applies to communication platforms of a certain size/turnover, media companies and their comment sections are exempt, as is Wikipedia. However,