Nowadays communication does not necessarily originate from humans, but also from “machines” such as “social bots” or “things” in the Internet of Things. From a basic rights perspective, this phenomenon raises the question if such communication benefits from the same level of protection as communication created by human beings. With regard to the basic rights of the Grundgesetz, the Federal Constitutional Court for years has been excluding some forms of communication from the scope of protection as not needing or deserving protection. The ratio of these decisions must not be applied to cases of automated communication without noticing possible differences. Automated communication can mostly be linked to the human beings or legal entities applying it. Therefore, its prohibition or regulation is a matter of proportionality of infringements with fundamental rights.

如今，沟通不一定源自人类，也可能源自“机器”，例如“社交机器人”或物联网中的“事物”。从基本权利的角度来看，这种现象提出了这样的问题：这种传播是否能得到与人类创造的传播相同水平的保护。关于《基本法》的基本权利，联邦宪法法院多年来一直将某些形式的通信排除在保护范围之外，因为它们不需要或不值得保护。在没有注意到可能的差异的情况下，这些决策的比率不得应用于自动通信的情况。自动通信主要可以与应用它的人类或法律实体联系起来。因此，其禁止或监管是侵犯基本权利的比例问题。