What Justice Minister Hubig wants to criminalize in the future

Even if the minister did not want to comment on individual cases, she emphasized: “I want to ensure that, for example, the production and distribution of pornographic deepfakes is made a criminal offense so that we have a clear legal situation.” Those affected are mainly women. With her draft law, she has already initiated three-month IP address storage, which will help in the future to act within the shortest possible time after attacks.

If there is a strong initial suspicion and the conditions are met, the police or public prosecutor could also search the accused person’s computer, said Hubig. In principle, the following applies to the investigation of digital violence: the more investigators, the better. To this end, she offered the countries support amounting to almost half a billion euros with the “Pact for the Rule of Law”, which should also lead to more staff in the public prosecutor’s offices.