The Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia found the blocking order unfounded
This is an important ruling on the limits of national enforcement of child-protection obligations against platforms established in other EU Member States. The full text of the order in the Judykatura database explains why the importance of the protective objective does not remove the need for an appropriate legal basis or for a competent authority. The Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia upheld the suspension of a decision requiring an internet access provider to block access in Germany to a platform containing pornographic content.
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