Germany is tired of fake news and believes that social networks are not doing enough to fight it. Under new proposals by the government, social networks that fail to remove defamatory “fake news”, hate speech and illegal content could be fined up to €50m. According to the justice ministry, Facebook takes down only 29 percent of content reported by users while Twitter only deletes one in 100 reported messages. The German initiative approaches the social media as publishing companies with a responsibility rather than as the neutral user-platforms these media like to themselves.
Germany plans to fight fake news on social media with hefty fines
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