The Act to Improve Law Enforcement in Social Networks – the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) for short – is aimed at combating hate speech and fake news. The NetzDG came into force on October 1, 2017. Now, for the first time, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have presented figures on the law's practical impact. The graphic shows what types of content reported on YouTube and how often these reports lead to deletions. In total, over 200,000 pieces of content were criticized on the video site – 27 percent of which were removed. Around 76,000 reports concerned hate speech and political extremism. Terrorist or unconstitutional content generated just over 9,000 reports.
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