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Wer die Macht hat: Ein Interview über Meinungsfreiheit, Regeln und Verantwortung auf Online-Plattformen

Wer die Macht hat: Ein Interview über Meinungsfreiheit, Regeln und Verantwortung auf Online-Plattformen

In pro | Christliches Medienmagazin, Matthias C. Kettemann talks about freedom of opinion, rules and responsibility and about the power of Facebook and Co. over communication on the internet.
 
Download the article here (pdf, in German)

Abstract
Under German law, a Twitter chancellor like Trump would be unthinkable because public authorities are bound by certain principles of content when they communicate - much more so than, for example, civil society communication or even that of the opposition.
 
Kettemann, M. C. (2021): Wer die Macht hat: Ein Interview über Meinungsfreiheit, Regeln und Verantwortung auf Online-Plattformen [Who Has the Power: An interview about Freedom of Expression, Rules and Responsibility on Online Platforms]. In: pro | Christliches Medienmagazin, (2021)1, pp. 12-13. https://www.pro-medienmagazin.de/magazine/pro-1-2021/

Wer die Macht hat: Ein Interview über Meinungsfreiheit, Regeln und Verantwortung auf Online-Plattformen

In pro | Christliches Medienmagazin, Matthias C. Kettemann talks about freedom of opinion, rules and responsibility and about the power of Facebook and Co. over communication on the internet.
 
Download the article here (pdf, in German)

Abstract
Under German law, a Twitter chancellor like Trump would be unthinkable because public authorities are bound by certain principles of content when they communicate - much more so than, for example, civil society communication or even that of the opposition.
 
Kettemann, M. C. (2021): Wer die Macht hat: Ein Interview über Meinungsfreiheit, Regeln und Verantwortung auf Online-Plattformen [Who Has the Power: An interview about Freedom of Expression, Rules and Responsibility on Online Platforms]. In: pro | Christliches Medienmagazin, (2021)1, pp. 12-13. https://www.pro-medienmagazin.de/magazine/pro-1-2021/

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Authors

Prof. Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard)

Year of publication

2021

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media regulation • freedom of opinion • Twitter • accountability • USA

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