Zulässigkeit und Grenzen der Inhaltemoderation durch die allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen sozialer Netzwerke

<p>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.</p>