Germany: Adaption of the German Press Council's regulation to online-specific circumstances
by Katrin Welke On 18 March 2016, the German Press Council, a Journalists Union has announced changes to the Press Code, a tool for voluntary self-regulation of the German Press. The problem of applicability and implementation of the German Press Code for online publications and thereto related user comments was the issue of discussions for a long time. Now, a first solution regarding the complaints procedure about such publications and user comments has been found.
The public reprimand is the sharpest sanction that the Press Council can award. It is considered as fair reporting to publish such reprimands according to…
