Delete instead of lock

Delete instead of blocking is a political catchphrase that represents the opinion that illegal content that can be accessed via the Internet should be deleted instead of just blocked.

This is represented by the "Working Group Against Internet Blocking and Censorship" and the Pirate Party Germany . The former Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) is also convinced of the principle of “deleting instead of blocking”. This was also supported by the then Federal President Horst Köhler . The repeal of the Access Difficulty Act was largely seen in the media as consent to deletion instead of blocking principle.

Proponents of the principle of deleting instead of blocking contradict the argument given for internet blocking , that it would often either not be possible or only very difficult to have criminally relevant content removed or to locate the perpetrator. In fact, according to the advocates of deletion instead of blocking, it is easy to have child pornography offers deleted from the Internet by sending an email to the provider and the provider then deleting the illegal content voluntarily. The INHOPE reporting office follows exactly this principle.

See also

• Blocking of Internet content in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AK censorship: delete instead of hide: it works!
2. ↑ Pirate Party Germany: Coordination of the demonstrations "Erasing instead of blocking - Stop the censorship" on June 20, 2009 at 12:00
3. ↑ The Federal Government: Deleting Instead of Blocking ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Wed, May 25, 2011) 
4. ↑ Coalition plans "erasure law": black and yellow moves away from internet blocks on Spiegel online
5. ↑ Access restriction law Delete instead of blocking on datenschutz-praxis.de ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ "Delete instead of lock" works: eco rejects a newspaper report because of "misinterpretations" ( memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Provider: "Delete instead of lock" works on heise