Legal violations on the internet may include, but are not limited to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or hate speech, fraudulent online shops or phishing emails, data privacy breaches or infringements of intellectual property, to name but a few.

What all these have in common is that in one way or another, they are connected to online content, which is created and distributed by service providers via websites and e-mails or via social media. DENIC, however, is a mere top-level domain manager and registry, which registers domains that may subsequently be used by their holders to make accessible websites or to send and receive e-mails.

This means that DENIC itself neither stores nor has access to any content online, and therefore is unable to impact or delete such content. As a result, from a purely technical as well as a legal point of view, DENIC has no means of taking action against any online content.

If you happen to find a website whose contents appear illegal, you should report it to the appropriate law-enforcement agency (such as the police or the public prosecutor's office). 

If you come across online content which may be harmful to children, including pornography, depictions of abuse (CSAM) or violence, file a report with the Association of the Internet Industry's complaint office at:
https://www.internet-beschwerdestelle.de/en/complaint.html