Overview

• The federal Löschbericht 2024 reveals that only 56% of child abuse content hosted on German servers was deleted within two days of a BKA report, compared with about 85% in 2023.
• Domestic hosting providers removed 99% of reported child sexual abuse material within one week in 2024, maintaining high compliance at home.
• Foreign-hosted content saw slower take-down times, with just 38.7% deleted within one week and 84.17% removed after four weeks.
• To bolster criminal investigations, the government will introduce mandatory IP address storage, a move Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig says is essential for holding distributors accountable.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described each circulated recording as an ‘act of violence’ and urged that tougher measures are needed to prevent further harm.