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Am 22. März 2018 habe ich auf Einladung des Goethe-Instituts eine Keynote zum Thema “Open Source, Privatsphäre und Datensicherheit” für die Werkstattkonferenz Startklar?! in Berlin präsentiert. Read full keynote text.
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These days it’s hard to disconnect from digital life, even temporarily. But Mozilla’s Cathleen Berger argues we should give more thought to how we can do that and control the personal data that companies are harvesting. Read full text on Deutsche Welle.
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The United Nations General Assembly just held its 72nd session in New York City. Leaders from all over the world were in town, including representatives from the 193 UN governments, as well as businesses and civil society. Apart from the main UNGA, there were plenty of other high-level gatherings organised in the margins — several of these…
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National elections in September 2017. All things come to a halt; political attention is directed towards campaigning. Not so in Germany these days. In a flurry of decisions, Germany has been busy shaping a comprehensive digital agenda — with an increasing number of global implications. Read full post.
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Robotics, self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, human-implanted sensors and so much more that most of us can’t even picture yet: Technological developments have changed our ways of life. And they will continue to do so, with consequences that are difficult to anticipate. Nobody knows what the world is going to look like…
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In the last couple of years conversations about diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity have slowly made it onto the agendas of almost every tech conference and debate about the digital society worldwide. My main lesson: we have to be tactical and strategic about our endeavours — only if we address the challenges in a comprehensive manner will…
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Cathleen Berger explores how giant data-driven companies are challenging old ideas about power and accountability, and what should be done about it. Read full piece on Global Policy Journal.
Cathleen Berger 