“Anyone who googles health should end up on the national health portal in the future.” The then Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) advertised the “gesund.bund.de” portal in September 2020. A cooperation between his ministry and Google should ensure that this sentence becomes reality. For press publishers with independent health media, however, that sounded like a declaration of war. They took action against Spahn’s portal in a lengthy legal dispute. With success.
Judgment against Spahn’s health portal: “Apotheken-Umschau” wins – media
