Mass Surveillance or Combating Misinformation: The Tracking Dilemma

Portrait Matthias C. KettemannIn their blog article, PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann and Florian Wittner, together with Juliana Abrusio and Ricardo Campos, take a close look at a draft law which is primarily aimed at combating “fake news”, but which also has similarities to the NetzDG. Some of the problematic aspects, such as the obligation of news platforms (e.g. WhatsApp) to retain data on sent messages, were examined in greater detail. Florian Wittner and Matthias Kettemann analysed the legal situation in Germany and critically compared it with the draft.

You can download the article here (in Portuguese)

Abrusio, J.; Campos, R.; Kettemann, M. C.; Wittner, F.: Vigilância em massa ou combate à desinformação: o dilema do rastreamento [Mass Surveillance or Combating Misinformation: The Tracking Dilemma]. In: Consultor Jurídico (Blog), 04 August 2020. (online)

Overview

Date of publication

04.08.2020

Type of publication

  • Miscellaneous

Project reference:

Norms of the Net

Programme Area:

Program Area 2 Communication Structures and Their Governance

Research Group:

Opinion Formation

Persons involved:

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