BREAKING
Germany: AI Search Falls Under Media Law
ZAK: AI Answers Are Provider Content
Old Shield vs New Duties
Before
DSA safe harbor
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Intermediary liability shield
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Not responsible for third-party content
Now
Media law
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Accuracy and transparency duties
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Media plurality obligations
How Germany Got Here
1
Munich injunction, May 28
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2
ZAK ruling, July 14
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3
Google appeal pending
Regulator Fears vs Company Replies
Regulators
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Hallucinated facts
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News publishers lose traffic
Companies
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Google to appeal
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Perplexity cites GDPR, SOC 2
A Reference Point for Europe
AI NEWS BLITZ
German regulators just ruled that AI search summaries must obey national media law.