cathleenberger
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“There is a continuous slate of articles, features, and other coverage that tackle “disinformation” in light of the super election year of 2024. Again and again people are asking: Can targeted disinformation campaigns manipulate opinions and influence elections? We are obviously asking ourselves these questions, too. At the same time, we want to know in…
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Headline after headline is pointing to the critical importance of 2024 as a super election year for democracies around the world. Many of the relevant analyses point to the multifaceted challenges to our electoral processes, including due to digital disinformation campaigns. Thankfully, there are a great number of topical experts, fact-checkers, researchers, innovators, and digital…
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At the beginning of 2023, my team and I kicked off our international research into good practices for countering disinformation online. This research was enriched by regional field engagements, consisting of workshops and bilateral discussions with decision-makers, experts, and relevant stakeholders, who we brought together in one comparatively central location in each region. The goal…
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Auf allen Podcast-Streaming-Plattformen: Mein Interview im Spiegel-Klimabericht. Das Thema: der ökologische Fußabdruck von Tech-Unternehmen, die Glaubwürdigkeit von Klimazielen und welche Fragen wir als Konsument:innen stellen können und sollten: Podcast. Ich freue mich über Feedback und Kommentare. 💚
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50+ parliamentarians from across Europe. 2 days in Helsinki. It was intense and thought-provoking and it left me incredibly energised and buzzing with ideas. Thank you to the Open European Dialogue for organising and allowing me to share my expertise on the intersection of sustainability and digital technologies. It was a packed programme exploring a…
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Tech companies share their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions more transparently now, but does this translate into action? Do they, in fact, reduce their emissions and improve their environmental impact. While things are moving, change isn’t fast enough. Here’s the tl;dr of what I found in the 2022 data: 2022 amount of million mtCO2e | change…
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Since August 28, very large online platforms (VLOPs) like Instagram, TikTok and co. must comply with the new DSA requirements. Most of the 19 designated platforms and services issued (big) public announcements of their implemented changes. However, whether these hold up is a different matter entirely — as researchers Martin Degeling and Anna Semanova found…
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Anfang August 2023 kündigte Meta mit Threads eine dezentrale Alternative an, die mit dem Fediverse kompatibel sein — und den Einstieg für weniger tech-affine Nutzer:innen erleichtern soll, da die Anmeldung über Instagram erfolgt. Meine Kollegin Charlotte Freihse und ich konnten dies nicht ignorieren und haben uns diese vermeintliche Alternative einmal genauer angesehen. Für den Tagesspiegel…
Cathleen Berger 