Netlog

Netlog is an online platform for the formation and reproduction of social networks.

Internet platform Netlog

Netlog is operated in fifteen European languages ​​, is according to the information of over 100 million members, of which 3 million from the German-speaking area used, and has over four billion views on the website. It is mainly used by 13 - to 24 -year-old used members can create a profile and socialize with each other, take advantage of new applications, create groups and send messages to other members. According to information from Alexa.com Netlog is located on the square of the 645 sites with the most traffic. 2008 Netlog won the Mashable Open Web Award in the category of " mainstream and large social networks ."

Operator

Netlog was founded by Lorenz Bogaert and Toon Coppens his partner. Founded in 1999, the website " ASL.TO " which was aimed at teenagers in Belgium and later in " Redbox " and in " facebox " was renamed, went on the Internet platform " Netlog " along with other " box" websites in 2007. In 2007, Index Ventures and Atomico Ventures invested 5 million euros in Netlog. The company Netlog NV, which is largely funded by advertising, has its headquarters in Gent, Belgium and employed approximately 35 employees in 2008. In January 2011, Netlog went on in the Belgian stock company Massive Media NV, which had also been founded in 2000 by Lorenz Bogaert and Toon Coppens.

Privacy Policy

Netlog is criticized because it gives members little opportunity to protect their privacy, and that the so-called Friend Finder feature automatically sent repeated invitations and comprehensively collects data ..

In June 2009, the Belgian copyright collecting society SABAM brought an action against Netlog an injunction and requested, among other things, give Netlog under pain of a fine of 1,000 euros per day of delay, immediately refrain from any illegal provision musical or audiovisual works from the repertoire of SABAM. Netlog held contrary to that of the adoption of this injunction would impose a general obligation to monitor her for all customers in general and preventive, and the establishment of a filtering system. In a preliminary ruling to this question, the ECJ ruled in February 2012 that the operator of a social network on the internet can not be forced to establish a general, all users of this network be detected filtering system to prevent the unauthorized use of musical and audiovisual works.