New school speech regulation as a regulatory strategy against hate speech on social media: The case of Germany's NetzDG

Rachel Griffin

Telecommunications Policy, 2022, vol. 46, issue 9

Abstract: Germany's 2017 NetzDG law is an example of ‘new school speech regulation’ (Balkin, 2014), which restricts speech by coercing intermediaries into censoring users, rather than coercing speakers directly. It is the first such measure which specifically targets hate speech on social media, by requiring large platforms to operate complaints procedures which ensure illegal content is rapidly removed. Numerous other countries have since adopted similar regulations, indicating that states increasingly turn to new school speech regulation as a regulatory strategy to tackle hate speech on social media. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of new school speech regulation in as a regulatory strategy to address online hate speech, taking NetzDG as a case study.

Keywords: Social media regulation; Platform regulation; Content moderation; Hate speech; netzdg (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102411

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