Schleswig/Hamburg (dpa-AfX)-The administrative court Schleswig-Holstein has rejected the application of the Facebook mother Group Meta (Meta Platforms (ex Facebook)) to suspend the Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein media institution. In October, the media facility had criticized that Facebook no longer provides transparency information according to the media state contract. Thereupon she asked Meta by having an enforcement to reintroduce it.
The federal states have determined transparency rules on internet platforms in the media state contract with a view to securing the diversity of opinion. Providers of platforms must therefore make it understandable which criteria they select and present content and what the weighting is.
Meta has requested a suspension of the decision of the media facility and, according to the administrative court, justified this with various objections. The group argued that the corresponding provisions of the media state contract violated European law.
Transparency information was removed
According to the media regulators, which, among other things, supervise the compliance with transparency rules for portals and search engines, is said to have removed META information from its offers. The case deals with the question of which legal basis applies – a European regulation (Digital Service Act DSA) or the state law with the Media State Treaty.
Justification of the court
The 10th Chamber of the Administrative Court decided that the group does not adequately fulfill the transparency obligations. In an urgent procedure, it cannot be clarified whether the Media State Treaty violates European law.
The court explained the consideration of interests in favor of the diversity of opinion and democratic opinion formation, which significantly shaped services such as Facebook. The chamber also sees no indication that the transparency obligations meta disproportionately burdened.
The group could submit a complaint to the Higher Administrative Court within two weeks
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