National regulations
NetzDG (Germany)
German Network Enforcement Act (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, 2017) imposing 24-hour takedown obligations on online platforms, including news comment systems, for manifestly illegal hate content.
NetzDG (Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, “Network Enforcement Act”) is the German law adopted in 2017 that imposes strict takedown timelines on online platforms operating in Germany. For news publishers, the practical effects are :
- 24 hours to remove manifestly illegal content from the moment of notification.
- 7 days to assess and act on possibly illegal content (a more nuanced category).
- Statement to the affected user explaining the decision.
- Bi-annual transparency report detailing the moderation activity (the DSA has since extended this to annual EU-wide).
- Designated point of contact within Germany for authorities.
NetzDG predates the EU Digital Services Act and has been partially superseded by it for platforms within DSA’s scope. Some specific NetzDG provisions remain in force locally, particularly the 24-hour timeline.
What this means for a Logora deployment in Germany
Logora’s German moderation pipeline is calibrated to NetzDG thresholds : hate speech detection runs with German-specific models (trained on Bild, Krone, Spiegel comments), takedown SLAs default to 24 hours, statements of reasons are auto-generated in German, the bi-annual NetzDG report can be assembled from the same log used for the DSA Article 24 report.
Krone, Bild and other DACH clients run on this configuration.
See DSA, hate speech detection, and content moderation.