'Communication with Facebook, Twitter & YouTube. Constitutional Protection of Social Media and its Users by Freedom of Media' Social media are neither classic content providers nor purely technical providers. Moreover, they shape technical platforms and create a space for communication. Within this space anyone has the opportunity to direct content to the public. This work examines in how far social media and its active users are protected by media freedom.

Samira Tief studied at the University of Rostock and achieved her first state examination. Afterwards she worked as a scientific associate for Professor Hubertus Gersdorf, JD, in the Department of Communication and Public Law at the University of Rostock. Her legal clerkship was completed at the district court of Potsdam. Meanwhile she is a judge in the German state of Brandenburg.

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