Zulässigkeit und Grenzen der Inhaltemoderation durch die allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen sozialer Netzwerke

The author examines the extent to which the power position of social network platform providers can or must be countered by restricting freedom of contract. Platform providers nowadays hold a particularly powerful position in the public opinion-forming process, as they determine this process by moderating user-generated content in accordance with their general terms and conditions. After a comprehensive analysis of the relevant German and European regulations, in particular the DSA, as well as the decisions of lower and higher courts and a legal comparison with the British Online Services Act, the author develops procedural and substantive guidelines for content moderation de lege ferenda.