An appeal for wanted persons not issued by the police via BILD.de may inadmissibly interfere with the general right of personality.
LG Hamburg: Journalist and Stern.de author does not have to allow himself to be labeled a “fake news producer” or “news falsifier” in an online blog.
Medienanstalt Hamburg decides for the first time to impose a fine of €10,500 on YouTuber “Flying Uwe” due to missing advertising labeling.
Cologne Regional Court prohibits reporting in three proceedings on an incident at Cologne Bonn Airport in which Herbert Grönemeyer was also involved.
OLG Saarbrücken: Identifying reporting on hate messages on Facebook is generally permissible.
Cologne Higher Regional Court: Photojournalist is sentenced to a heavy fine.
He passed on unpixelated photos of an alleged Ebola patient to an editorial team.
Our colleague Dennis Tölle spoke on June 21, 2017 on WDR about the “new” photo ban in outdoor pools.
Everything you need to know about the photography ban can be found here.
If a journalist takes credible quotes from a third party, he or she does not necessarily have to check them for accuracy before publication.
LG Berlin: The State of Berlin must accept the commercial use of the domain Berlin.com by an international media group.
The YouTuber “PietSmiet” was asked to apply for a broadcasting license.
Instead of complying or objecting to the request, the channel went offline.
