{"id":2080,"date":"2026-10-28T09:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/legal-areas\/medien-und-internetstrafrecht\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:10:31","slug":"media-and-internet-criminal-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/media-and-internet-criminal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Media and Internet Criminal Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; awb_type=&#8221;image&#8221; awb_image_background_position=&#8221;50% 0%&#8221; el_class=&#8221;header-image-box&#8221; awb_image=&#8221;401&#8243;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;0px&#8221; type=&#8221;boxed&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fk_kt_zerombtm&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #cfb441;\">Media and Internet Criminal Law<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;0px&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; type=&#8221;boxed&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fk_kt_zeromtop&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<nav class=\"rechtsgebiete-nav nav-de\" aria-label=\"Rechtsgebiete\"><ul id=\"menu-practice-areas\" class=\"rechtsgebiete-menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-2125\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2125\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/appeal-on-law\/\">Appeal on Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2044\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2044\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/commercial-criminal-law\/\">Commercial Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2128\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2128\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/compliance-internal-investigations\/\">Compliance and Internal Investigations<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2131\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2131\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/employment-professional-disciplinary-criminal-law\/\">Employment Criminal Law, Professional Criminal Law, Disciplinary Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2123\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2123\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/environmental-criminal-law\/\">Environmental Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2129\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2129\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/foreign-trade\/\">Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance and Foreign Trade and Payments Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2132\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2132\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/general-criminal-law\/\">General Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2127\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2127\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/media-and-internet-criminal-law\/\">Media and Internet Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2130\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2130\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/medical-criminal-law\/\">Medical Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2126\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2126\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/ombudsman\/\">Ombudsman<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2124\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2124\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/sports-law\/\">Sports Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2122\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2122\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/tax-criminal-law\/\">Tax Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"areas-of-law-paragraph\">Media and internet criminal law covers all criminal offences committed in the context of using media or the Internet. 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