Internet censorship and freedom worldwide: blocking, shutdowns, surveillance, laws and courts
In Berlin and Mannheim, police use artificial intelligence to analyze behavior in public places. Due to a lack of real examples of violence, systems are trained on staged fights and AI-generated videos, which can lead to recognition errors and discrimination.
Germany announced plans to ban social media for children under 13 and implement age verification through a digital wallet system to restrict minors' access to major platforms.
The German government approved a child protection concept that includes banning social media for children under 13, implementing age verification through EUDI-Wallet, and mandatory parental control. The initiative has drawn criticism from data protection advocates and the internet industry, who fear violations of information rights and the creation of surveillance infrastructure.
The Bundesnetzagentur has established regulatory conditions governing access to Deutsche Telekom's empty conduits (underground ducts used for fiber deployment). The measure addresses competitive access to critical telecom infrastructure needed for broadband expansion by alternative operators.
The Bundesnetzagentur has established regulatory conditions governing access to Deutsche Telekom's empty conduits (underground ducts used for fiber deployment). The measure addresses competitive access to critical telecom infrastructure needed for broadband expansion by alternative operators.
Germany's Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer proposed requiring streaming platforms to invest in European content to protect media diversity. The European Commission is obstructing the implementation of this plan.
Cloudflare made its Certificate Transparency monitoring service publicly available. The system no longer sends notifications about certificates issued by Cloudflare itself, which increases the significance of each received alert.
RIPE Labs published a report on independently managed RPKI servers that, in addition to regional internet registries, provide cryptographic protection of BGP routing on the internet.